POONAM DEVI AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

CRWP-5436-2026 ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (133) CRWP-5436-2026 (O & M) Date of decision: 08.05.2026 Poonam Devi and anr. …... Petitioners V/s State of Haryana and ors. .....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Mohit Kakkar, 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 appropriate directions to official respondents to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners from private respondents. 2. Petitioner no.1 is stated to be born on 09.04.1984. Petitioner no.2 is stated to be born on 01.01.1999 and for the said purpose, reference has been made to Aadhaar cards (Annexures P-1 and P-2). It is stated that the petitioners are in a “Live in Relationship” since petitioner no.1/Poonam Devi is married to respondent No.4-Anil Kumar and have three children out of this wedlock whereas petitioner No.2/Parveen Kumar 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- SUKHPREET KAUR 2021 titled as “