MOHD RASHID AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

CRWP-8460-2026 1 108 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRWP-8460-2026 Date of Decision: 17.07.2026 MOHD. RASHID AND ANOTHER ......... Petitioners Versus STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ..... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL Present : Mr.Sarfaraj Anjum Mor, 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 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 No. 4 to 10. 2. The petitioners are major and are Muslims. Petitioner No.1 is unmarried. Petitioner No.2 was previously married and claims to have dissolved the said marriage through a contractual divorce. However, the petition reveals that the previous marriage of petitioner No.2 has not been dissolved by any legal document. The petitioners claim to have entered into a contractual marriage and are presently residing together in a live-in relationship. They further alleg