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2025 DAILYLAW 8753 (UTT)

SAKSHI AND ANR v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

WPCRL/716/2025 · 2025-07-07

Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Subhash Upadhyay

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2025:UHC:5827-DB SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPCRL No.716 of 2025 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. Hon’ble Subhash Upadhyay, J. Mr. Ravindra Singh Rawat, Advocate for the petitioners. 2. Mr. J.P. Kandpal, Brief Holder for the State. 3. Petitioners have approached this Court for protection. According to them, they got married against the wish of parents and family members of petitioner no.1, therefore, they are extending threat to the petitioners. 4. As per documents enclosed with the writ petition, both the petitioners are major. Date of birth of petitioner no.1 is 02.08.2004 and date of birth of petitioner no.2 is 10.05.2002. 5. Petitioners appeared before us. Petitioner no.2 stated that he is employed with a private company, namely, Panasonic Life Solution India Private Limited at SIDCUL, Haridwar. Petitioner no.1 stated that she is pursuing B.Sc. (Agriculture) course from a private college, namely, Hind Valley Group of Institutions, Padartha, Haridwar. 6. Learned State Counsel submits that since both the petitioners are major and they have voluntarily entered into matrimonial alliance, 2025:UHC:5827-DB therefore, he has no objection if protection is given to them for a reasonable time. 7. In view of law laid down by Hon’ble Apex Court in Lata Singh v. State of U.P. and another, (2006) 5 SCC 475, we dispose of the writ petition with direction to the S.H.O., Laksar, Haridwar to provide protection to the petitioners for a period of six weeks. Upon expiry of six weeks, S.H.O. concerned shall assess the threat perception to the petitioners and adopt such measures, as deemed necessary for their safety and security. 8. Let certified copy of this order be supplied to learned counsel for the parties, today itself, on payment of usual charges. (Subhash Upadhyay, J.) (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.) 07.07.2025 07.07.2025 Rajni RAJINI GUSAIN Digitally signed by RAJINI GUSAIN DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=97cfa6e4cbd49c07b876db4 8448ac3701a9ae475a2547e4b7f1d9 b1f17d01342, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=8D039BC77BD1A2222 B4DF4FC80D4557562F95BEBA013F5 30616A158A0A878BD8, cn=RAJINI GUSAIN Date: 2025.07.07 04:52:03 -07'00' 2025:UHC:5827-DB