Himani and Another v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 45 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 33508 of 2023 Petitioner :- Himani And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Kuldeep Singh Chahar,Pramod Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Vinod Diwakar,J.

¶1Heard Shri Kuldeep Singh Chahar, learned counsel for the petitioners and Shri Pramit Kumar Pal, learned Standing Counsel for the State.

¶2By means of the present writ petition, the petitioners have prayed for a direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the respondent no. 4 not to harass them and interfere in their peaceful living with his own free will and choice and further commanding and directing the respondent nos. 2 and 3 to protect the life of the petitioners from respondent no. 4.

¶3Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are major, as per High School mark sheet, the date of birth of petitioner no. 1 is 25.08.2003 and as per Voter ID Card date of birth of petitioner no. 2 is 07.08.2000. He further submits that both the petitioners are major and have married with each other on

15.09.2023 at Arya Samaj Jan Kalyan Samiti Trust Regd. Gram Razapur Ghaziabad, copy of which has been annexed as annexure 3 to the petition. By drawing attention to Annexure-4 to the petition, it is submitted that marriage of the petitioners no.1 and 2 has been registered on 15.09.2023.

¶4Without going into the validity of the marriage, this Court is of the view that when any citizen apprehend threat to their life and property, can always seek protection from the Police. In the same manner, the petitioners are also entitled to the protection, in case, the petitioners apprehend threat to their life and property, the concerned S.H.O. shall provide all assistance as may be necessary under law on their request.

¶5With the above observation, the petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 7.11.2023 Ujjawal High Court of Judicature at Allahabad