Punjab-Haryana High Court
Raminder Kaur & Anr vs State Of Punjab & Others on 17 May, 2018
Author: Anupinder Singh Grewal
Bench: Anupinder Singh Grewal
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
AT CHANDIGARH
CRM NO. M-21190 of 2018
DECIDED ON : 17.05.2018
Raminder Kaur and another
...Petitioners
Versus
State of Punjab and others
...Respondents
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUPINDER SINGH GREWAL Present: Mr. Mohit Kakkar, Advocate, for the petitioners.
Anupinder Singh Grewal, J.(oral) The petitioners are seeking a direction to the official respondents to protect their life and liberty as they apprehend danger from respondents No. 4 to 6.
It is stated in the petition that petitioners have performed their marriage, which is against the will of private respondents and they have apprehension that the private respondents might cause physical harm to them.
Learned counsel for the petitioners has drawn my attention to the representation dated 15.05.2018 sent by the petitioners to respondent No. 2-Commissioner of Police, Amritsar (Annexure P-5).
Issue notice to respondents No. 1 to 3 only. At the asking of the Court Mr. Ramandeep Sandhu, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of respondents No. 1 to 3.
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It is clarified that this order shall not be treated as a stamp of this Court about the marriage of the parties and no opinion with regard to the validity of the marriage has been expressed in this order.
(ANUPINDER SINGH GREWAL)
JUDGE
May 17, 2018
kanchan
Whether speaking/reasoned ? Yes/No
Whether reportable ? Yes/No
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