RIBIKA AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. 150 CRWP-5661-2026. Date of Decision: 13.05.2026. Ribika and another ....Petitioners. VERSUS State of Punjab and others ....Respondents. *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH --- Present: Mr. Amarjeet S. Prajapati, Advocate for the petitioners. **** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in the instant petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is for issuance of directions to official respondent Nos.2 and 3, to provide protection of lives and liberty of the petitioners, who have married against the wishes of private respondents. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner No.1 – Ribika, aged 22 years and petitioner No.2 – Abhi, aged 23 years, have solemnized marriage on 11.05.2026, as per Christian Rites and Rituals, against the wishes of their family members, arrayed as respondent Nos.4 to 6. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that it is the first marriage of both the petitioners. It has been submitted that the private respondents are threatening to interfere in the matrimonial life of the petitioners. Hence, the petitioners are seeking protection in that regard an