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

Court No. - 85 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 25468 of 2023 Petitioner :- Mehar And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajesh Kumar Verma Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Mayank Kumar Jain,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents.

¶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. 2 and 3 not to harass the petitioners in any manner and not to interfere in the peaceful life of the petitioners and also provide the protection from private respondent no. 4.

¶3It is submitted that petitioner no. 1 is major as per the High School Certificaqte-Cum-Marks Sheet and petitioner no. 2 is maor as per the Aadhar Card and they are living together in live-in relationship, they are threatened by respondent no. 4 into their peaceful living. Therefore, respondent no. 4 may directed not to interfere in the peaceful living of the petitioners.

¶4Per contra, learned Standing Counsel submitted that this matter is squarely covered by judgement of this Court passed in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 3310 of 2023, Kiran Rawat And Another Vs. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home, Lko. And Others, reported in 2023 SCC Online All 323.

¶5In the present writ petition, petitioner no.1 is Muslim by religion and petitioner no.2 is Hindu by religion, therefore ratio of the judgement passed in Kiran Rawat (supra) is applicable to the present writ petition.

¶6Hence, this writ petition is accordingly dismissed. Order Date :- 12.12.2023 PS High Court of Judicature at Allahabad