Sapna vs State Of Punjab - 2025 Supreme(P&H) 223

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2025 Supreme(P&H) 223

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL
Sapna – Appellant
Versus
State Of Punjab – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Ms. Ramandeep Kaur, Advocate

Table of Content
1. need for protection in live-in relationships. (Para 2 , 3)
2. legal precedence for protection rights. (Para 5 , 6)
3. court’s emphasis on safety and protections under the law. (Para 10 , 11)
4. limitation on commenting legality of relationships. (Para 14 , 15)

JUDGMENT :

RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, 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.2 and 3 to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners from private respondents.

2. Petitioner No.1 is stated to be born on 06.12.2003. Petitioner No.2 is stated to be born on 25.04.1990 and for the said purpose, reference has been made to Aadhaar cards (Annexure P-1 and P-2). It is stated that the petitioners are in a “Live in Relationship” since petitioner no.1/Sapna was already married to respondent No.4/Balwinder Kumar and one child was born out of this wedlock whereas petitioner No.2/Rakesh Kumar 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 a