ANJALI AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

1 CRWP-5540-2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 147 CRWP-5540-2026 Date of decision: 11.05.2026 ANJALI AND ANR. .... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS. ....RESPONDENT(S) CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Sandeep K. Bansal, Advocate for the petitioners. **** JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J. (Oral) The present Criminal Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of directions to respondent Nos. 2 to 3 to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners. 2. The petitioner no.1 is stated to have been born on 23.02.2004 and for this purpose, reference has been made to the Aadhaar card (Annexure P-1). The petitioner no.2 is stated to have been born on 19.09.1996 and for the said purpose, reference has been made to the Affidavit (Annexure P-2). It is stated that the petitioners are in a “Live in Relationship”. Petitioner No.1 had solemnized marriage with respondent No.4-Hardeep Singh. Out of the said wedlock two children were born and presently all the children are in the custody of petitioner No.1. Petitioner No.2 is unmarried. And as such, the petitioner No.1 is in a ‘live-in- relationship’ with p