AARTI RANI AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRWP-6360-2025 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 226 CRWP-6360-2025 (O&M) Date of decision: 05.05.2026. AARTI RANI AND ANOTHER ...Petitioners VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- None for the petitioner(s). Mr. Mohit Kapoor, Sr. DAG, Punjab. Mr. Prateek Gupta, Advocate, for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) The petitioners namely Aarti Rani and Sohail Khan Malik approached this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for seeking protection of their life and personal liberty from private respondents No.4 to 7. It is averred that the petitioners are major and are staying together in live-in relationship. However, their relationship is not acceptable to the private respondents and as a result, thereof, the private respondents are threatening the petitioners. A representation dated 06.06.2025 (Annexure P- 3) against the threat extended at the hands of the private respondent(s) already stands submitted by the petitioners to the Senior Superintendent of Police, District Patiala, Punjab. The petitioners apprehend threat to their lives and clai