KIRNA DEVI AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRWP-5137-2026(O&M) 1 137 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRWP-5137-2026(O&M) Date of Decision :01.05.2026 Kirna Devi and Another ....Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab and Others ....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present: Mr. Yashpal Thakur, Advocate for the petitioners MANDEEP PANNU J. (Oral) 1. The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed seeking issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the official respondents to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners at the hands of private respondents, who are none other than the family members of the petitioners. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners seeks protection of life and liberty of the petitioners by contending that both of them are major and have married each other against the wishes of the private respondents and to seek appropriate protection from the authorities, they submitted a representation dated 30.04.2026 (Annexure P-5) in this regard to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Jalandhar and Station House Officer, Police Station Nangal Salempur, District Jalandhar, but are still apprehensive about their security in v