JUDGMENT

Nidhi Gupta, J.(Oral) - Prayer in the instant petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is for issuance of directions to respondents No.2 and 3 to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners, who are living in live-in relationship against the wishes of private respondents i.e. respondents No.4 to 9.

2. Petitioner No.1-Sourab is stated to be born on 01.01.2004 and for this purpose, reference has been made to Aadhaar Card (Annexure P-1). Petitioner No.2-Resham is stated to be born on 15.09.2005 and for the said purpose, reference has been made to Aadhaar Card (Annexure P-2). It is stated that the petitioners are in a 'Live in Relationship'.

3.Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that petitioner No.2-Resham is aged 17 years and 18 days and referred to Neelam Rani and another vs. State of Haryana and others, 2011(1) RCR (Civil) 636 to submit that the girl in the said case was also more than 17 years of age and had been granted protection by this Court.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has stated that a co-ordinate Bench of this Court in a judgment dated 18.05.2021 passed in CRWP4521- 2021 titled as 'Pardeep Singh and another vs. State of Harya