SUKHMANPREET KAUR AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 141 CRWP-5150-2026(O&M) Date of decision: 01.05.2026 Sukhmanpreet Kaur and another ...Petitioner(s) VERSUS State of Punjab and others ...Respondent(s) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Dushant Dhawan, Advocate for the petitioners. ***** VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) The petitioners namely Sukhmanpreet Kaur and Karanbir Singh have approached this Court under Articles 226 of the Constitution of India for seeking directions to official respondents to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners from the hands of private respondents No.4. Learned counsel for the petitioners inter alia contends that the petitioners are major and are staying together in live-in relationship. However, their relationship is not acceptable to the private respondents and as a result thereof, the private respondents are threatening the petitioners. A representation dated 30.04.2026 (Annexure P-4) against the threat extended at the hands of the private respondents already stands submitted by the petitioners to the respondent No.2- Senior Superintendent of Police, District Amritsar (Rural). The petitioners apprehend threat to their