CRWP/12325/2022 of SATISH AND ANR. Vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS on 30 December 2022

125IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA.AT CHANDIGARH

CRWP-12325-2022Date of decision : 30.12.2022

Satish and another

.Petitioners

Versus

State of Haryana and otherswee REeSpondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICERAJESH BHARDWAJ000

Present :-Mr. Chander Shekhar Singhal, Advocatefor the petitioners.for the petitioners.

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RAJESH BHARDWAJ_J. (Oral)

Present petition has been filed under Article 226 of theConstitution of India for directing respondents no.2 and 3 to protect thelife and liberty of the petitioners from the hands of respondents no.4 to 6.

Learned counsel for the petitioners states that both thepetitioners are major and are living in live-in-relationship against thewishes of respondents no.4 to 6 and have sought protection to their lifeand liberty. He submits that petitioner No.l is married and has twochildren and petitioner No.2 is widow and has one daughter. Theyapprehend danger from respondents no.4 to 6. The petitioners havesubmitted a representation dated 21.12.2022 (Annexure P-3) torespondent no.2.

Notice of motion to respondents no.1 to 3-State only.

On the asking of the Court, Mr. Ravi Dutt Sharma, DAG, Haryana accepts notice on behalf of the State.

Without entering upon an exercise to evaluate the evidentiaryvalue of the documents placed on the file, I dispose of the petition with a CRWP-12325-2022

direction to respondent no.2-Superintendent of Police, Karnal, DistrictKarnal (Haryana) to decide the representation (Annexure P-3) of thepetitioners and grant them protection, if any threat to their life and libertyis perceived. It is clarified that this order shall not be taken to grantimmunity to the petitioners from legal action for violation of law, if any,committed by them. This order would not be understood having expressedany opinion whatsoever by this Court on the validity of the live-in-relationship of the petitioners. |

Disposed of|