SATPAL SINGH AND OTHERS vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRWP-7298-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 136 CRWP-7298-2026 Date of decision: 22.06.2026 Satpal Singh and Ors. ......Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and Ors. .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE AARADHNA SAWHNEY Present: Mr. Sukhcharan Singh Gill, Advocate for the petitioners. AARADHNA SAWHNEY, J (ORAL) The limited prayer in the present criminal writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution is for issuance of directions to the official respondents to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners from the hands of private respondent Nos.3 & 4 and decide the representation dated 13.06.2026 (Annexure P.1) submitted by the petitioners, in a time bound manner. Heard. Contents of the application perused. Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr. Gautam Thapar, Sr. DAG, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the respondent-State and has no objection in deciding the representation filed on behalf of the petitioners. Without commenting upon the merits of the case and in view of the limited prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to look into the matter