UKHC010117582026 2026:UHC:5593 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPCRL/1275/2026 Shivani --Petitioner Versus State Of Uttarakhand --Respondent Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mohd. Imran and Mr. Anuj Singh Kunjwal, Advocates for the petitioners. Mr. Dinesh Chauhan and Mr. Pramod Kumar Tewari, A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. 2. Petitioners have approached this Court seeking the following relief: “i) To issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no.2 & 3 to give police protection to the petitioners so that they may live their marital life peacefully and liberty of the petitioners may be secured.” 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that petitioners were in a relationship with each other and they have solemnized their marriage on 04.07.07.2026 in accordance with Hindu rites and rituals. It is submitted that respondent nos.4, 5 & 6, who are father, brother and uncle of petitioner no.1, are opposed to the said marriage and have been extending threats to the petitioners. On account of such opposition, the petitioners apprehend danger to their life and personal liberty at the hands of the respondent nos.4 to 6. It is further UKHC010117582026 2026:UHC:5593 submitted that both the petitioners have attained the age of majority. 4. Both the petitioners are present before this Court, who have been duly identified by their learned counsel. They state that they have voluntarily solemnized their marriage of their own free will, without any force, coercion or undue influence. The petitioners undertake to apply for registration of their marriage in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, and the rules framed thereunder. 5. The documents on record reveal that both the petitioners are major. 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, reported in (2006) 5 SCC 475, the petitioners have made out a case for grant of protection. 6. The Station House Officer, Police Station Jaspur, 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. 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. 7. The writ petition stands ordered accordingly. (Alok Mahra, J.) 09.07.2026 Arpan ARPAN JAISWAL Digitally signed by ARPAN JAISWAL DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=eabb68a3895e41937c266c23964c0485365445e3a20dddb73 93398f9fe45ba3e, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=060FC17022BEAE3DE215D68D9D454C5109CB9874463 51E4DF04AADAA2C2CEA66, cn=ARPAN JAISWAL Date: 2026.07.09 16:57:58 +05'30'