SMT. KHUSHI RAJBHAR AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS
WRIC/21181/2025 · 2025-08-05
Saurabh Srivastava
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:133343 Court No. - 77 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 21181 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Khushi Rajbhar And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Gyan Prakash Verma Counsel for Respondent :- Ashutosh Gupta,C.S.C. Hon'ble Saurabh Srivastava,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for petitioners and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents as well as Sri Ashutosh Gupta,
learned counsel for respondent no.3. 2. By way of the present writ petition, a direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents not to interfere in peaceful marital life of petitioners, has been sought. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that both the petitioners are major and have solemnized marriage with each other of their own freewill according to Hindu Rites and Custom on 20.06.2025 and they have also applied online on dated 23.06.2025 seeking registration of their marriage, and for that they are being threatened and harassed by some villagers with the collusion of local police. Learned counsel for petitioners further submitted that in pursuance of the hindrances being created by them, petitioners moved a representation before Superintendent of Police, Azamgarh but no heed has been paid, hence this petition. It has also been apprised by learned counsel for petitioners that petitioners are not being harassed by respondent no.3 who is father of petitioner no.1. 4. Per contra, learned Standing Counsel vehemently opposed the prayer sought through the instant petition by way of submitting that it is true that both the petitioners are major and have solemnized marriage but at the same time, it has been submitted that if the concerned police authorities are not paying any heed towards the grievances of petitioners, they may approach the learned court concerned by way of filing application under Section 175(3) BNSS for seeking direction in favour of concerned police authorities for lodging FIR against the miscreants in pursuance of the threats which are being given by miscreants to the petitioners. 5. A precise query has been made before learned counsel for petitioners that whether any application under Section 175(3) BNSS for seeking direction in favour of concerned police authorities for lodging FIR against miscreants, has been preferred, in reply to the same, learned counsel for petitioners fairly contended that no such application has ever been preferred. 6.
After having the rival contentions raised by learned counsel for parties as well as perusal of the records, it is observed that no specific application in shape of information preferred before the concerned police authorities for lodging any FIR against any illegal conduct carried out by the miscreants, if that be so, and no heed has ever been paid by the concerned police authorities, there is no specific averment available in the petition that any case has been instituted in pursuance to Section 175(3) of BNSS. 7. In view thereof, the present petition stands disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to approach the concerned police authorities by way of preferring specific application for lodging FIR against any illegal conduct carried out by the miscreants. 8. Superintendent of Police, Azamgarh shall ensure that petitioners will not be harassed by local police in connection with the marriage solemnized by them. 9. Learned Standing Counsel shall intimate this order to Superintendent of Police, Azamgarh within a period of 48 hours.
Order Date :- 6.8.2025 Vivek Kr. Digitally signed by :- VIVEK KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad