MANDEEP KAUR AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRWP-5247-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 156 CRWP-5247-2026 Date of decision: 05.05.2026 MANDEEP KAUR AND ANOTHER .... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS ....RESPONDENT(S) CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Ms. Navneet Kaur, 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 and 3 to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners. 2. The petitioner no.1 is stated to have been born on 01.01.1994 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 29.01.1997 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-Jagsir Singh and out of the said wedlock two children were born and petitioner No.2 is unmarried. And as such, the petitioner No.1 is in a ‘live-in- relationship’ with petitioner No.2. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners ha