Sapna and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home and 3 Others

Court No. - 2 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 5759 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sapna And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Syed Ahmad Mehdi,Abhishek Shukla,Saniya Ansari Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. Hon'ble Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J.

¶1Heard Sri Syed Ahmad Mehdi, learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned A.G.A. for the respondents.

¶2By means of present writ petition the petitioners have made following prayer : "I) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding opposite parties particularly opposite party no. 2 and 3 to protect life and liberty of the petitioners and their family members and not to harass, threaten and interfere in peaceful life of the petitioners in any manner and also direct the opposite party no. 2 to give protection to the petitioners and their family members. II) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding opposite parties particularly opposite party no. 2 and 3 to not to take any action against the petitioners and their family members on the basis of false complaint of the Opposite Party No. 4. III) Issue writ, order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit, just and proper in the circumstances of the case may also be passed, in favour of the petitioner. IV) Allow the writ petition of the petitioners with costs."

¶3It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioner no. 1 and 2 are major and being in love relationship, they got married on 19.06.2025 according to Hindu Rites and Rituals at Vedant Sanatan Hindu Sewa Mandir, Kaiserbagh, Lucknow and are living together as husband and wife. When respondent no. 4 (father of petitioner no. 1) came to know about the marriage of petitioners, he threatened them of dire consequences. Despite several efforts by the petitioners, respondent no. 4 is not ready to accept their relationship. It is submitted that life and liberty of petitioners is in danger.

¶4It is further submitted that as per knowledge of petitioners, till date no first information report has been lodged against the petitioners. It is submitted that both the petitioners are major and have got married voluntarily and are living a happy married life. By means of present writ petition the petitioners have sought protection to their life and liberty.

¶5In view of above and specially keeping in mind that petitioners are major and have got married voluntarily and that they have full right to choose their life partners, we find force in the contention made by the petitioners.

¶6Accordingly, in the light of the fact that petitioners have yet not approached or moved any appropriate application before the Senior Superintendent of Police, Ayodhya, liberty is granted to the petitioners to move appropriate application before respondent no. 2 - Senior Superintendent of Police Ayodhya, within next ten days, who on receipt of such application shall verify the facts as alleged by the petitioners in the present writ petition and if he find that respondent no. 4 is threatening the peaceful life of the petitioners who are living as husband and wife, he shall pass appropriate orders, ensuring security of the petitioners to protect their married life.

¶7The above exercise shall be done expeditiously, preferably within a period of one week from the date of filing of said application.

¶8With above directions, present writ petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 27.6.2025 A. Verma (Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal, J.) (Alok Mathur, J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench