Rikki vs State of Haryana - 2025 Supreme(P&H) 210

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2025 Supreme(P&H) 210

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
JASJIT SINGH BEDI
Rikki – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioners:Mr. Abhinay Goel, Advocate.

Table of Content
1. rights of individuals in live-in relationships. (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6)
2. demand for state protection. (Para 7 , 8 , 9)
3. court's rationale for protection. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14)
4. final directions regarding protection. (Para 15 , 16)

JUDGMENT :

JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.

The present Criminal Writ Petition has been filed under Articles 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of appropriate directions to official respondents No.1 to 3 to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners from private respondents.

2. Petitioner no.1 is stated to be born on 01.10.2003. Petitioner no.2 is stated to be born on 23.07.2004 and for the said purpose, reference has been made to Aadhaar cards (Annexure P-1 and P-3). It is stated that the petitioners are in a “Live in Relationship” since petitioner no.1/Rikki was already married to respondent No.9/Parvesh and no child has born out of this wedlock whereas petitioner No.2/Sumit is unmarried.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners has stated that a co-ordinate Bench of this Court in a judgment dated 18.05.2021 passed in CRWP-4521- 2021 titled as “ Pardeep Singh and another vs. State of Haryana and others ” has granted protecti