SUMANPREET KAUR AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRWP-5649-2026 (O&M) ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (150) CRWP-5649-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 13.05.2026 Sumanpreet Kaur and Another …... Petitioners V/s State of Punjab and ors. .....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Gurmandeep Singh Dhillon, Advocate for Mr. Nishant Sehgal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Harkanwar Jeet Singh, AAG, Punjab. ***** JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J. (Oral) The present Criminal Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of appropriate directions to official respondents No.2 and 3 to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners from respondent No.4. 2. Petitioner no.1 is stated to be born on 10.10.2000. Petitioner no.2 is stated to be born on 03.02.1996 and for the said purpose, reference has been made to Aadhaar cards (Annexures P-1to P-2). It is stated that the petitioners are in a “Live in Relationship” since petitioner no.1/Sumanpreet Kaur had solemnized a marriage with Jaideep Singh and out of the said wedlock, one child was born. Whereas, petitioner No.2/Gurmesh Singh is unmarried. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners has stated that a co-