124 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision :10.03.2026 Lalita and Another ....Petitioners VERSUS State of Haryana and Others ....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present: Mr. Simranpreet Singh, Advocate for the petitioners -.-

MANDEEP PANNU J. (Oral)

CRM-W-352-2026

1. Allowed as prayed for.

Main case

2. The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed seeking issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the official respondents to protect the lives and liberty of the petitioners at the hands of private respondents, who are none other than the family members of the petitioners.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners seeks protection of life and liberty of the petitioners by contending that both of them are major and are living together in a ‘live-in relationship’ against the wishes of the private respondents and seek appropriate protection from the authorities. It is further submitted that petitioner No.1 is already married to some other person and her divorce petition is pending whereas petitioner No.2 is also married but has taken Panchayati divorce from his wife, however, now both are