IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sr.No.132 CRWP-2348-2026 Decided on : 27.02.2026 Maani and another ...... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ...... Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL ***

Present : Mr. Angrej Kumar, Advocate for the petitioners.

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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL , J (ORAL)

1. The present Criminal Writ Petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 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 No.4 to 10.

2. Petitioner No.1 is stated to be born on 01.01.2006. Petitioner No.2 is stated to be born on 20.08.1998 and for the said purpose, reference has been made to Aadhaar cards (Annexures P-1 and P-2). It is stated that the petitioners are in a “Live in Relationship” since petitioner No.2 is already married to respondent No.6 and he has no child from the said wedlock.

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