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Sonia and Anr. v. State of Punjab and Ors.

Punjab & Haryana HC23 May 2012CRM-M/10223/2012

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What is this about?

The petitioners sought police protection due to apprehended danger. The state counsel submitted that the threat was no longer valid as the petitioners had given statements, rendering the petition infructuous. The court disposed of the petition accordingly without hearing from the petitioners.

What did the court decide?

Petition disposed of as infructuous; no protection granted.

Sonia and Anr. Vs State of Punjab and Ors. — Writ and Judicial Review | Punjab & Haryana HC (2012)

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Criminal Misc.M-No.10223 of 2012(O & M)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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Criminal Misc.M-No.10223 of 2012(O & M) Date of Decision:23.05.2012

Sonia & anr.

.....petitioners

Versus

State of Punjab & ors. .....respondents

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAMESHWAR SINGH MALIK

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Present: None for the petitioners

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Ms.Rajni Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Punjab Mr.Param Preet Singh Brar, Advocate for respondents No.4 to 6

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RAMESHWAR SINGH MALIK J.(ORAL):

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The petitioners have approached this Court, through the instant petition, seeking directions to the official respondents to provide protection to the life and liberty of the petitioners as they were allegedly apprehending danger to their life and liberty at the hands of private respondents.

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Notice of motion was issued.

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Learned State counsel, on instructions from SI Dev Raj, Police Station Lahori Gate, Patiala, submits that on verification, petitioner No.2 has been found to be major. She further submits that the petitioners have suffered statements before the police to the effect that the threat perception no more subsists and they do not require the police protection any further. Thus, learned State counsel submits that in view of the above developments, the instant petition has been rendered infructuous and may be disposed of as such.

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Neither the petitioners nor their counsel is present to press

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this petition.

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Criminal Misc.M-No.10223 of 2012(O & M)

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Having heard the learned State Counsel on the given fact situation of the case, this Court is of the considered opinion that the present petition is liable to be disposed of as having been rendered infructuous.

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However, lest this order is misunderstood, it is clarified that this order shall not mean that the petitioners had reached the age of marriage, as required by the law applicable to them, at the time of their marriage or that their marriage is legal as per the relevant provisions of law. I say so because neither it is the issue involved in the present petition nor this Court is putting its seal of approval on the validity of marriage of the petitioners. In fact, it is the domain of the matrimonial Court of competent jurisdiction, to decide the validity of the marriage and that too on the basis of the pleadings taken and the evidence led by the parties in the given circumstances of each case.

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It is also made clear that this order shall not entitle the petitioners for any protection against their arrest or continuance of any criminal proceedings, if they are found involved in the commission of any cognizable offence. In case the petitioners had committed any offence, the law will take its own course.

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With the observations made above, the present petition stands disposed of.

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(RAMESHWAR SINGH MALIK) JUDGE

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23.05.2012

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Sonia and Anr. v. State of Punjab and Ors.

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