MANPREET AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRWP-5667-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 131 CRWP-5667-2026 Decided on : 15.05.2026 Manpreet and another . . . Petitioner(s) Versus State of Punjab and others . . . Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH PRESENT: Mr. Raghav Taneja, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. Neeraj Madaan, Sr. DAG, Punjab. **** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. (Oral) 1. By way of filing this petition, petitioners seek directions to respondents No.2 and 3 to protect their lives and liberty at the hands of private respondents No.4 & 5 and also restrain them from interfering into the relationship of the petitioners. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are in a live-in relationship against the wishes of respondent No. 4 & 5, and have sought protection to their life and liberty. It is submitted that petitioner No. 1 – Manpreet, is aged about 19 years and petitioner No. 2 – Kamal, is aged about 22 years, and they apprehend danger at the hands of private respondents No.4 & 5 , who will eliminate them if they still continue to live in live-in relationship against the wishes of private respondents No.4 & 5. 3. In the context of threat perception at th