BALJEET KAUR AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRWP-5327 of 2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 111 CRWP-5327 of 2026 Date of Decision: 07.05.2026 Baljeet Kaur and another ....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present: Ms. Kamaljeet Kaur, Advocate, for Mr. Davinder Pal Soni Joura, Advocate for the petitioners. ***** RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J (ORAL) 1. The present Criminal Writ Petition has been filed under Articles 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of appropriate directions to official respondents No.2 and 3 to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners from private respondents No.4 to 10. 2. Petitioner No.1 is stated to be born on 01.01.1993. Petitioner No.2 is stated to be born on 01.01.1996 and for the said purpose, reference has been made to Aadhaar cards (Annexure P-1 and P-2). It is stated that the petitioners are in a “Live in Relationship” since petitioner no.1/Baljeet Kaur was already married to respondent No.7/Balwinder Singh whereas petitioner No.2/Karan is unmarried. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners has stated that a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in a judgment dated 18.05.2021 passed in CRWP-4521