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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:28565 Court No. - 76 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 4845 of 2025 Petitioner :- Devi And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pradeep Kumar Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Vinod Diwakar,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, Shri Ashwani Kumar Tripathi, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State- respondents, and perused the records.
2. The petitioners have filed the instant petition to seek protection from the police as they are living in live-in-relationship against the wishes of their parents.
3. Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel, on the basis of instructions, states that the petitioner no.1-Devi is already married with respondent no.4, hence she has no legal right to live in live- in-relationship with petitioner no.2 without obtaining decree of divorce from her earlier husband-respondent no.4.
4. In such circumstances, the instant writ petition deserves to be dismissed. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. Order Date :- 27.2.2025 Prajapati Justice Vinod Diwakar Digitally signed by :- RAMKESH PRAJAPATI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad