BHARTI RAI AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRWP-7213-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 128 CRWP-7213-2026 Date of Decision: 19.06.2026 Bharti Rai and another .....Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present : Mr. Naveen Kumar Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Vikas Sonak, AAG, Punjab. HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (ORAL) 1. The present petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing official respondents to protect the life and liberty of petitioners at the hands of private respondents. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners, inter alia, contends that the petitioners are major and claimed to have married each other and they seek protection to their life and liberty as the apprehend danger to their lives at the hands of private respondents. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that the representation submitted by the petitioners before the jurisdictional police authorities is pending consideration and has not been decided till date. 3. Notice of motion to the official respondents only. SONIA BURA 2026.06.19 13:15 I attest to t