RAKESH KUMAR AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRWP No.5990 of 2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 155 ***** CRWP No.5990 of 2026 Date of decision: 21.5.2026 Date of uploading : 21.5.2026 Rakesh Kumar and another …......Petitioners v. State of Punjab and others …......Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. B.K. Kaundal, Advocate for the petitioners --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral) 1. The petitioners have approached this Court for issuance of necessary directions for protecting their life and liberties which according to them are at stake because they are in a live-in-relationship. The petitioners claim themselves to be major in terms of age. According to the copies of the Aadhar Cards (Annexure P-1 and P-2 respectively), the date of birth of the petitioner No.1-Rakesh Kumar is 7.2.1998 and the date of birth of the petitioner No.2-Deepika Mahajan is 4.7.1997. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that a marriage is not a must for providing security to a couple in a ‘live-in-relationship’ because protection qua life and liberty is sacrosanct and stands at the highest pedestal. He has also placed reliance upon orders passed by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court in ‘Sarabjeet