{"id":267373,"date":"2011-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jagwinder-pal-singh-and-another-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-2-september-2011"},"modified":"2016-10-10T22:21:58","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T16:51:58","slug":"jagwinder-pal-singh-and-another-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-2-september-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jagwinder-pal-singh-and-another-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-2-september-2011","title":{"rendered":"Jagwinder Pal Singh And Another vs State Of Punjab And Others on 2 September, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Jagwinder Pal Singh And Another vs State Of Punjab And Others on 2 September, 2011<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\"> IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB &amp; HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH\n\n                                      *****\n<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">                                           CRM No.M-26661 of 2011(O &amp; M)<br \/>\n                                                 Date of decision : 2.9.2011<\/p>\n<p>Jagwinder Pal Singh and another                                  &#8230;&#8230;..Petitioners<\/p>\n<p>                                           Vs.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">State of Punjab and others                                      &#8230;&#8230;Respondents<\/p>\n<p>CORAM : HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA<\/p>\n<p>Present:- Mr.R.K.Kapila, Advocate, for the petitioners<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_2\">           &#8212;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_3\">AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) :\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_4\">           This petition has been filed under <a href=\"\/doc\/1679850\/\" id=\"a_1\">Section 482<\/a> of Criminal<br \/>\nProcedure Code, 1973 on the premise that the petitioners being of<br \/>\nmarriageable age, got married.         The marriage is legal.       The private<br \/>\nrespondents, however, are not accepting the marriage and therefore, it has<br \/>\nbeen pleaded that the petitioners apprehend danger to their life and liberty.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_5\">           This petition is disposed of with direction to respondent No.2 i.e.<br \/>\nSenior Superintendent of Police, Hoshiarpur to treat a copy of this petition as<br \/>\na representation and issue necessary orders as warranted by law so as to<br \/>\nensure protection of life and liberty of the petitioners.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_6\">           This order, however, shall not be construed to mean that the<br \/>\npetitioners were of marriageable age at the time of their marriage or that the<br \/>\nmarriage is legal as per laws applicable to the case of the petitioners.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_7\">           It is further made clear that this order shall not clothe the<br \/>\npetitioners with any protection against their arrest or continuance of<br \/>\nproceedings in case they are found involved in commission of a cognizable<br \/>\noffence.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_8\">           This petition is disposed of.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_9\">                                                               (AJAI LAMBA)<br \/>\n                                                                   JUDGE<br \/>\n2.9.2011<br \/>\nakm\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Jagwinder Pal Singh And Another vs State Of Punjab And Others on 2 September, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB &amp; HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ***** CRM No.M-26661 of 2011(O &amp; M) Date of decision : 2.9.2011 Jagwinder Pal Singh and another &#8230;&#8230;..Petitioners Vs. 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