ANJALI AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

CRWP-8606-2026 1 109 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRWP-8306-2026 Date of Decision: 15.07.2026 ANJALI AND ANOTHER ......... Petitioners Versus STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ..... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL Present : Mr. Ravi Rana, Advocate for the petitioners (Through V.C). Mr. Ramesh Kumar Ambavta, DAG, Haryana. **** VIRINDER AGGARWAL, J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in the instant petition filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India is for issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus for directing the official respondents No.2 & 3, to protect the lives and liberty of the petitioners, who apprehend threat to their life at the hands of private respondents. 2. Petitioner No.1 is legally married to respondent No.4, and two children were born out of the said wedlock, who are presently residing with the petitioners. Petitioner No.2 is major and unmarried. The petitioners are presently residing together in a live-in relationship. It is stated that a Panchayati divorce has taken place between petitioner No.1 and respondent No.4. Since the commencement of their live-in relationship, the petitioners have allegedly been receiving threats of