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Lovepreet Kaur Sandhu and Anr. v. State of Punjab and Ors.

Punjab & Haryana HC9 Jan 2025CRWP/120/2025

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Court granted protection to petitioners who intermarried as minors against family wishes, directing SSP Faridkot to ensure their safety. It clarified this does not validate the marriage legality or protect against arrest for cognitive offenses.

What did the court decide?

Directed Senior Superintendent of Police, Faridkot to consider representations and take steps to ensure no harm is caused to the petitioners' life and liberty.

Lovepreet Kaur Sandhu and Anr. Vs… — Civil Procedure and Limitation | Punjab & Haryana HC (2025)

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��petitioners seeks protection of life and liberty of the petitioners by contending that both of them having attained the age of majority and have married each other against the wishes of their respective family members i.e., respondent Nos.4 to 5 and to seek appropriate protection from the authorities. They submitted a representation dated 07.01.2025 (Annexure P-5) in this regard to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Faridkot, Punjab, but are still apprehensive about their security in view of the apparent inaction and alleged clout of their family members-respondents.

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Both of them do appear to have crossed the age of majority as seen from the copies of documents filed and have married each other, in support of which, Marriage Certificate (Annexure P-3) and marriage photographs (Annexure P-4), have been placed on record.

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For the aforesaid reasons, this appears to be a fit case for this Court to invoke the inherent powers under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. and in view of the mandate contained in Article 21 of the Constitution of India to protect the citizen's right to life and liberty.

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Thus, the Senior Superintendent of Police, Faridkot, Punjab, is directed to consider the representation dated 07.01.2025 (Annexure P-5) and take appropriate steps to ensure that no harm is caused to the life and liberty of the petitioners.

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It is nevertheless clarified that this order is issued only on the premise that the petitioners have crossed the age of majority as seen from the documents placed on record being their Aadhar Cards as Annexures P-1 and P-2. This would not ipso facto amount to granting any seal of approval on the legality of their marriage which essentially would come in the domain of the concerned Matrimonial Courts. Further, they would not be entitled for any protection against their arrest or continuance of any criminal proceedings, if otherwise, found to be involved in commission of any cognizable offence(s).

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The petition is disposed of with the above direction.

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Lovepreet Kaur Sandhu and Anr. v. State of Punjab and Ors.

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