The Punjab and Haryana High Court in the case X v. State of Haryana and Ors. observed and has imposed the cost for an amount of Rs. 50,000 as a ‘deterrent’ on a married maths teacher wherein it seeks protection of his live-in relationship with a 19-year-old student.
The bench headed by Justice Alok Jain in the case observed and has stated that perusal of the petition shows that petitioner No.2 is a married man and a Math’s teacher and apparently petitioner No. is a student and such kind of petitions deserves to be dealt with strictly, although counsel for the petitioner outrightly prays for withdrawal of the present petition, the same is dismissed as withdrawn with cost for an amount of Rs.50,000/- on petitioner No.2 as a deterrent that the teacher, who impart education does not abuse the process of law.
In the present case, the court was hearing the protection petition moved under Article 226 of the Constitution of India filed by the teacher-student couple wherein the man who was already married and had a child, was a teacher of the 19 years old girl.
The petitioner in the plea stated that they have developed intimacy and are now in a live-in relationship and apprehending threat from the girl’s family members.
The corut after examining the petition imposed the cost as a deterrent and directed that the amount be deposited with High Court Bar Association Lawyer’s Family Welfare Fund.
The High Court in the case had previously observed that living together with another woman, without dissolving the marriage from earlier spouse may amount to offence of bigamy under Section 494, Section 495 of the Indian Penal Code, IPC.
The counsel, Advocate Sarfaraj Anjum Mor appeared for the petitioners.
The counsel, Anmol Malik, DAG represented Haryana.