IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRWP-1008-2026 Date of Decision:29.01.2026 ISHMIT AND ANOTHER ......Petitioners Versus STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present:- Mr. Mohan Singh Rana, Advocate for the Petitioners.

Mr. Viney Phogat, DAG, Haryana.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.(ORAL)

The present Criminal Writ Petition has been filed under Article

226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of directions to respondent Nos. 2 to 3 to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners.

2. The petitioner no.1 is stated to have been born on 08.06.2001 and for this purpose, reference has been made to the Aadhaar card (Annexure P-1). The petitioner no.2 is stated to have been born on 21.03.2003 and for the said purpose, reference has been made to the Aadhaar card (Annexure P-2). It is stated that the petitioners are in a “Live in Relationship”. Petitioner No.1 had solemnized marriage with respondent No.4-Sanju out of the said wedlock no child was born and petitioner No.2 is unmarried. And as such, the petitioner No.1 is in a ‘live-in-relationship’

with petitioner No.2.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners has stated that a c