SUMIT AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

CRWP-5253-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 110 CRWP-5253-2026 Decided on: 12.05.2026 Sumit and another ......Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others ......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH Present: Ms. Malvi Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. P.K. Jhanda, Sr. DAG, Haryana. Mr. K.D. Sehra, Advocate for respondents No. 4,5 and 9. **** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. 1. Prayer in the instant petition, filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, is for issuance of direction to the official respondents to provide protection of lives and liberty to the petitioners, who have married against the wishes of the private respondents. 2. Learned State counsel has filed status report by way of affidavit of Pankaj Kumar, HPS, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mujesare, Faridabad in Court today. Same is taken on record. Registry is directed to tag the same at appropriate place with the paper-book. 3. As per the status report, petitioner No. 2 has been found to be 15 years, 3 months and 9 days old as on 03.05.2026, her date of birth being 24.01.2011. It is further stated that an FIR, i.e., FIR No. 272 dated 03.05.2026, under Section