IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRWP-10410-2025 Date of decision: 24.09.2025 PANKAJ AND ANR. ….Petitioners Versus STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS. ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Balwinder Singh Chahal, Advocate for the petitioner.

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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL)

1. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed for seeking a direction to the official respondents to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners (petitioner No.2 through her next friend petitioner No.1, being minor) from the hands of private respondents (arrayed in the petition).

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submit that the petitioner No.2 is 16 years and 11 months old. The date of birth of the petitioner No.1 is 01.01.2004 and that of petitioner No.2 is 24.10.2008 (Annexure P-1 and P-2). It is further submitted that the private respondent No.4 used to beat petitioner No.2 and when family members of petitioner No.2 i.e. respondents No.4 and 5 came to know about her relationship with respondent No.1 they threatened her with dire consequences. Left with no other option she fled away from her parental home and joined the company of petitioner No.1. The petitioners have also placed on record a representation dated 21.09.2025 (Annexure P-3) to respondent No.2- Superintendent of Police, Ambala but till date no action thereon has been taken. It is further submitted that the petitioners would be satisfied if appropriate direction is given to respondent No.2 to consider and dispose of the aforesaid representation dated 21.09.2025 (Annexure P-3) in accordance with law in an expeditious manner.

3. Notice of motion to respondents No.1 to 3 only at this stage.

4. At the asking of the Court Mr. Neeraj Sheoran, Sr. DAG Haryana accepts notice on behalf of respondents No.1 to 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners is directed to furnish a copy of complete paper book to the learned State counsel during the course of the day.

5. Heard.

6. The Coordinate Bench of this Court, while examining the issue of protection to the minors in the case of P...... Minor Through Vikram v. State of Haryana and another (CRWP-2139-2022 (O&M), decided on 28.03.2022) and other connected matters, i.e. CRWP-2140- 2022 (O&M) and CRWP-2250-2022 (O&M), had disposed of the matter by issuing directions to the Senior Superintendent of Police to depute a Child Welfare Police Officer to produce the minor before the Child Welfare Committee constituted under the Juvenile Justice Act within a period of 01 week and other directions were issued which read as under:-

"26. In view of the above, the petitions are partly allowed with directions as under:-

1. The minor in all these cases happen to fall within the definition of child in need of care and protection as provided under section 2(14)(vii)(xii) of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. The Senior Superintendent of Police/Superintendent of Police of the respective districts shall depute a Child Welfare Police Officer to produce the minor/child before the Committee constituted under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015.

II. The respective Committee shall conduct enquiry contemplated under Section 36 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 and pass an appropriate order under section 37 of the said Act, by associating all the stakeholder, and to ensure that the objects of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 are well served.

III. The Child Welfare Committee shall take appropriate decisions with respect to the boarding and lodging of the minor and also to conduct enquiry on all issues relating to and affecting safety and well-being of the child/minor.

IV. During the pendency of such adjudication and passing of orders as contemplated under Section 37 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015, the committee shall also take appropriate interim/decisio