SUKHPREET KAUR AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRWP-6136-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sr. No.142 CRWP-6136-2026 Date of Decision: 22.05.2026 SUKHPREET KAUR AND ANR. ...Petitioners Versus STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS. ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present:- Mr. Ranjit Singh Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioners. ***** MANDEEP PANNU, J. (Oral) 1. The present writ petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India has been filed seeking issuance of direction to respondents No. 2 and 3 to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners from the hands of private respondents and their other companions. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners seeks protection of life and liberty of the petitioners by contending that both of them are major and are living together in a ‘live-in relationship’ against the wishes of the private respondents and seek appropriate protection from the authorities. Petitioner No.1-Sukhpreet Kaur is already married to another person, however, the petitioners are now living together in ‘live-in relationship’. They have submitted a representation dated 19.05.2026 (Annexure P-2) in this regard to the official respondent, but are still apprehensive about th