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Date or directions COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS and Registrar’s order with Signatures WPCRL 1695/ 2025 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.

Hon’ble Subhash Upadhyay, J.

Mr. Pranav Singh, Advocate, for the petitioners.

Mr. Rakesh Kumar Joshi, Brief Holder, for the State.

(2) Petitioners have approached this Court for protection. According to them, they are in love; they have got married as per Hindu rites and customs in Haridwar on 21.11.2025; family members of petitioner no. 1 are not happy with their marriage and they are extending threat to their life and liberty.

(3) Petitioners, duly identified by their Counsel, appeared before us. Petitioner no. 1 stated that she is studying in B.Sc. (1^st year). Petitioner no. 2 stated that he has studied up to High School and he is employed as machine operator at a stone crusher at Haridwar. Both the petitioners further stated that there is serious threat to their life and liberty from the private respondents. Learned Counsel for the petitioners made a statement that petitioners have applied for registration and their application is pending before Registrar, Compulsory Registration of Marriages.

(4) Learned State Counsel submits that he has no objection against the prayer for protection made by petitioners as both the petitioners are major, as per the documents enclosed with the writ petition.

(5) Having regard to the aforesaid facts and reasons and considering the law declared by Hon’ble Supreme Court in Lata Singh v. State of U.P. & Anr., reported as 2006(5) SCC 475, writ petition is disposed of with a direction to SHO, PS Pathri, District Haridwar to provide adequate protection to petitioners for a period of six weeks to ensure that no harm is caused to them from private respondents and any person acting on their behest. Upon expiry of six weeks, SHO concerned shall look into the threat perception to petitioners and take appropriate action, as deemed necessary.

(6) Let certified copy of this order be supplied to learned Counsel, today itself, on payment of usual charges.

(Subhash Upadhyay, J.) (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.)

16.12.2025 Pr