ANCHAL AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

-1- CRWP-5158-2026 (O&M) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 116 CRWP-5158-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 04.05.2026. ANCHAL AND ANOTHER ...Petitioners VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Armaan Gagneja, Advocate, for the petitioners. VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) The petitioners namely Anchal and Manmeet Singh have 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 6. Learned counsel for the petitioners inter alia contends 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 27.04.2026 (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 Faridkot, Punjab. The petitioners apprehend threat to their lives and claim that there is a constant danger of them being impli