RAFEEK AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

CRWP-6164-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 144 CRWP-6164-2026 Date of Decision: 22.05.2026 Rafeek and another ....Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present: Mr. Avtar Singh, Advocate for the petitioners. ***** RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J (ORAL) 1. The present Criminal Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of appropriate directions to official respondents No.1 to 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 01.01.1994. Petitioner No.2 is stated to be born on 01.01.2002 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 both the petitioners are married. It is stated that petitioner No.1 is having three children from his first marriage whereas petitioner No.2 is having one child from her first marriage. 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-