Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:46888-DB Court No. - 9 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 7182 of 2025 Petitioner :- Priyanka Shukla And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Civil Sectt., Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shankar Lal Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. Hon'ble Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Government Advocate for the State. 2. In view of the order proposed to be passed, notice to opposite party no.4 is hereby dispensed with. 3. This writ petition has been filed seeking a writ of mandamus directing the opposite parties not to interfere in the peaceful marital life of the petitioners and to provide protection to them. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are major and have married each other on their own volition on 21.07.2025 in Arya Samaj Temple, Chinhat, Lucknow as marriage certificate has been enclosed as Annexure No.2 with this petition and color photographs to this effect is also enclosed.. A copy of voter verification is enclosed with this petition to substantiate that petitioner no.1 is major as her age is 24 years. A copy of aadhar card of petitioner no. 2 is enclosed to substantiate that the petitioner no. 2 is also major as his date of birth is 01.01.2003 It is contended that opposite party no.4 is not happy with the marriage and, as such, he is creating hindrance in the peaceful married life of the petitioners. Learned counsel has further stated that no First Information Report has been registered against the petitioners in this regard. 5. Learned Additional Government Advocate has submitted that he has no instructions as to whether any F.I.R. has been lodged or not. 6. In Lata Singh Vs. State of U.P. and another, 2006 (5) SCC 475, the Apex Court in para-17 has observed as under:- "17. .... This is a free and democratic country, and once a person becomes a major he or she can marry whosoever he/she likes. If the parents of the boy or girl do not approve of such inter-caste or inter-religious marriage the maximum they can do is that they can cut-off social relations with the son or the daughter, but they cannot give threats or commit or instigate acts of violence and cannot harass the person who undergoes such inter- caste or inter-religious marriage. We, therefore, direct that the administration/police authorities throughout the country will see to it that if any boy or girl who is a major undergoes inter-caste or inter-religious marriage with a woman or man who is a major, the couple is not harassed by anyone nor subjected to threats or acts of violence, and anyone who gives such threats or harasses or commits acts of violence either himself or at his instigation, is taken to task by instituting criminal proceedings by the police against such persons and further stern action is taken against such persons as provided by law." 7. The petitioners have also pleaded for protection under Article 21 of the Constitution of India which guarantees liberty to lead life of their own with dignity. 8. Therefore, this writ petition is disposed of with direction to the opposite parties not to interfere in peaceful life and liberty of the petitioners in any manner. However, this Court has not entered into nor adjudicated the age of the petitioners nor veracity/validity of the alleged marriage. 9. It is made clear that if any F.I.R. is already registered on the issue, the order passed by this Court shall automatically stand discharged. 10. The petitioners shall get their marriage registered under the "Uttar Pradesh Marriages Registration Rules, 2017" within two months from today, failing which, this order will automatically come to an end. 11. The Registrar of Marriages concerned is directed to process and issue the registration certificate to the petitioners as per law at the earliest. Order Date :- 11.8.2025 Anurag . (Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J.) (Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANURAG SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- ANURAG SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench