POONAM AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRWP-7261-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 126 CRWP-7261-2026 Date of decision: 22.06.2026 Poonam and another ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE AARADHNA SAWHNEY Present : Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Advocate for the petitioners. ***** AARADHNA SAWHNEY, J.(ORAL) 1. Apprehending danger to their life and liberty, both the petitioners have filed the present petition with a prayer to direct the official respondents to protect their life and liberty from the hands of respondents No. 4 to 6 as they are living in live-in relationship. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that both the petitioners are major, petitioner No.1 is stated to be born on 01.01.1997. Date of birth of petitioner No.2 is 01.01.1988. Copies of their Aadhar Cards have been annexed as Annexures P-1 and P-2. It is further submitted that both the petitioners are known to each other and have developed an emotional bond with each other and have started living together, i.e. they are in live-in relationship. 3. Insofar as the present petition is concerned, learned counsel for the petitioners limits his prayer to direct the official respondent