IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:05.02.2026 SUKHWINDER MASIH AND ANOTHER ......Petitioners Versus STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS ......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present:- Mr. Anmol Thakur, Advocate for the Petitioners.

Mr. Harkanwar Jeet Singh, Asstt. A.G., Punjab.

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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 15.05.1985 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 01.01.1997 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 previously married and from the said wedlock one child was born and petitioner No.2 had solemnized marriage with respondent No.4-Gora Masih out of the said wedlock no child was born. And as such, the petitioner No.1 is in a ‘live-in-relationship’ with petitioner N