Ritu Sethi vs State of Punjab - 2024 Supreme(P&H) 781

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2024 Supreme(P&H) 781

SANDEEP MOUDGIL
Ritu Sethi – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Rahi Mehra, Advocate; For the Petitioners in CRWP-4018-2024.
Mr. Vikram Singh Narwal, Advocate; For the Petitioners in CRWP-5583-2024.
Ms. Suman Kumari, Advocate; For the Petitioners in CRWP-6117-2024.

JUDGMENT

Mr. Sandeep Moudgil, J. (Oral)

By this common order, this Court intends to dispose of all the writ petitions as common question of law is involved therein.

2. For the sake of brevity, the facts are taken from CRWP-4018- 2024.

3. This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a direction to respondents No.2 & 3 to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners and to restrain the private respondents No.4 and 5 not to harass, threaten or interfere in the peaceful relationship of the petitioners.

4. The factual matrix of the present case unfolds as under:-

That petitioner No.1 aged more than 40 years and petitioner No.2 aged more than 44 years are living together despite of the fact that both the petitioners are already married and is having children out of the wedlock. Petitioner No.1 has taken divorce from her husband in the year 2013 whereas petitioner No.2 is married to one Deepika Gupta and is having one male child, and has not taken divorce from his wife. Both the petitioners developed liking for each other and wants to live in live-in-relationship but respondents are extending them threats to life being deadly against their relationshi