ORAL JUDGMENT

1. Rule. Ms.Chetna M. Shah, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, waives service of Notice of Rule for the respondents. On the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the petition is being heard and decided, finally.

2. Petitioner No.1 is aged 24 years and petitioner No.2, 19 years. It is the case of the petitioners that they both have attained the age of majority and had a love-affair. The parents of petitioner No.2 did not approve of their relationship and wanted to separate them. In order to achieve this end, the father of petitioner No.2 started threatening the petitioners with dire consequences, which led petitioner No.2 to leave her parental house and live with petitioner No.1.

2.1 It is further the case of the petitioners that now, they have both got married on 18.05.2015, as per Hindu rites and rituals. The Certificate of marriage and photographs of the ceremony are annexed at Annexure-A, collectively.

3. It is submitted by Mr.Vivek N. Mapara, learned advocate for the petitioners, that the right to life and liberty of the petitioners is under threat, therefore, the petitioners are in dire need of police protection. The parents of petitioner No.2 have already