UKHC010115402026 2026:UHC:5370 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPCRL/1248/2026 Zoyfa and Another --Petitioners Versus State Of Uttarakhand And Others --Respondents Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. Mohit Kumar Kashyap, Mr. Anuj Singh Kunjwal and Mr. Mohd. Imran, Advocates for the petitioners. 2. Mr. Dinesh Chauhan, A.G.A. for the State. 3. Petitioners have approached this Court seeking the following reliefs: “a) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent nos. 2 and 3 to give Police protection to the petitioners so that they may spent their marital life peacefully and liberty of the petitioners may also be secured. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that both the petitioners belong to the same faith, and that the petitioners developed a liking for each other, which has ended in love, and their Nikah was solemnized on 01.07.2026 and shortly they will get their marriage registered under the UCC. 5. Since the family members of petitioner no. 1 are against this marriage, they are giving out threats to kill both the petitioners. Petitioners submit that they UKHC010115402026 2026:UHC:5370 are facing stiff resistance, and they seriously apprehend threat to their life and limb from their family members, and hence they are before this Court praying for protection. 6. The documents on record reveal that both the petitioners are majors, and it is also submitted by the counsel for the petitioners that the parties have married each other as per Muslim Rites and Rituals. 7. In that view of the matter, and in view of the ruling of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Lata Singh Vs State of U.P. and another, (2006) 5 SCC 475, the petitioners have made out a case for grant of protection. 8. The Station House Officer, Police Station Kichha, District Udham Singh Nagar is directed to assess the threat, if any, to the life and limb of the petitioners, and provide necessary protection, if it is found that there is a threat to the life and limb of the petitioners. The S.H.O. concerned is further directed to summon the private respondents, and such other persons, who are inimically placed towards the marriage of the petitioners, and counsel them, in accordance with law. 9. The writ petition stands ordered accordingly. (Alok Mahra J.) 06.07.2026 Ujjwal