DHARAM SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRWP-8340-2026 (O&M) 1- 111 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA CHANDIGARH CRWP-8340-2026 (O&M) Date of Decision: 15.07.2026 DHARAM SINGH …PETITIONER V/S STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS …RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL Present: Mr. Ranbir Singh Pathania, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Kunwarbir Singh, AAG Punjab. **** SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL J. 1. The criminal writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeks the following reliefs:- (i) Direction to official respondent No.2 to protect life and liberty of the petitioner and his family at the hands of private respondents No.4 to 6; (ii) Direction to official respondents to decide representation dated 12.04.2026. (iii) Direction to official respondent No.2 to take appropriate action against erring police officials for not taking action against the opposite party and subjecting petitioner to harassment and mental agony. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was engaged to respondent No.6 in 2016 but the marriage was postponed due to poor financial condition of private respondents. Petitioner had been financially assisting the respondents and had given them approximatel