SAPNA AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

CRWP-5265-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 154 CRWP-5265-2026 Decided on : 05.05.2026 Sapna and another . . . Petitioner(s) Versus State of Haryana and others . . . Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH PRESENT: Mr. Sharndeep Singh, Advocate for the petitioner(s). **** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. (Oral) 1. By way of filing this petition, petitioners seek necessary protection of their lives and personal liberty in view of the fact that they have not solemnized their marriage so far and are living in a live-in relationship, as petitioner No.2 is not of marriageable age, and are under eminent threat at the hands of respondents No.4 to 7. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are in a live-in relationship against the wishes of respondent No. 4 to 7, and have sought protection to their life and liberty. It is submitted that petitioner No. 1 – Sapna, is aged 23 years, and petitioner No. 2 – Sumit Kumar, is aged 20 years, and they apprehend danger at the hands of private respondents No.4 to 7, who will eliminate them if they intend to solemnize the marriage at relevant time. 3. In the context of threat perception at the ha