Uttarakhand High Court
Pooja Devi And Another vs State Of Uttarakhand And Others on 3 July, 2025
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND
AT NAINITAL
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI G. NARENDAR
AND
HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK MAHRA
03RD JULY, 2025
WRIT PETITION (CRL) No. 704 OF 2025
Pooja Devi and another.
...Petitioners
Versus
State of Uttarakhand and others.
...Respondents
Counsel for the petitioners. : Ms. Manju Bahuguna and Mr. D.N.
Sharma, learned counsels.
Counsel for respondent nos. 1 to : Mr. Vasvanand Maulkahi, learned
3. Deputy Advocate General with Mr.
Rakesh Kumar Joshi, learned Brief
Holder for the State of Uttarakhand.
JUDGMENT :
(per Sri G. Narendar, C.J.)
Heard learned counsels for the petitioners, and
the learned DAG for the State of Uttarakhand.
2. It is submitted that both the petitioners belong
to the same community, and that the petitioners
developed a liking for each other, which has ended in
marriage, and now both the petitioners are living
together. Since the family members and others relatives
of the first petitioner are against this marriage, they are
giving out threats to kill both the petitioners. Petitioners
submit that they are facing stiff resistance, and they
seriously apprehend threat to their life and limb from the
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family and other relatives of the first petitioner, and
hence they are before this Court praying for protection.
3. The documents on record reveal that both the
petitioners are major, and it is also submitted by the
learned DAG for the State that the parties have
performed their marriage on 30.06.2025, which fact is
also evident from the photographs produced as Annexure
No. 1 to the Writ Petition.
4. In that view of the matter, and in view of the
ruling of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Lata
Singh v. State of U.P. and another 1, the petitioners
have made out a case for grant of protection.
5. The Station House Officer, Police Station –
Dineshpur, 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 SHO 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.
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(2006) 5 SCC 475
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6. The Writ Petition stands ordered accordingly.
As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous
petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed.
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G. NARENDAR, C.J.
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ALOK MAHRA, J.
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Date: 2025.07.03 16:32:41 +05’30’
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