Rajasthan High Court – Jodhpur
Papita vs State Of Rajasthan (2025:Rj-Jd:37763) on 22 August, 2025
[2025:RJ-JD:37763]
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT
JODHPUR
S.B. Criminal Writ Petition No. 2477/2025
1. Papita D/o Shri Sakriya, Aged About 20 Years, Resident
Of Village Juni Boradi, Naharpura Chhota, Meghnagar,
Jhabua, Madhyapradesh. At Present Deedwana-
Kuchaman, Rajasthan. Nawa, Dist. Deedwana-Kuchaman,
Rajasthan.
2. Mahendra Yadav S/o Shri Kalyanmal Yadav, Aged About
25 Years, Resident Of Lakshmipura, Jaipur, At Present
Dist. Deedwana-Kuchaman, Rajasthan. Nawa, Dist.
Deedwana-Kuchaman, Rajasthan.
----Petitioners
Versus
1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Chief Secretary. Department
Of Home Affairs, Jaipur.
2. Inspector General Of Police, Ajmer Range, Ajmer
3. Superintendent Of Police, Deedwaana-Kuchaman
4. Station House Officer, Police Station Maroth, District
Deedwana-Kuchaman, Rajasthan.
5. Station House Officer, Police Station Thandla, Dist.
Jhabua, M.p.
6. Manish S/o Shree Sakriya, Resident Of Village Juni
Boradi, Naharpura Chhota, Meghnagar, Jhabua,
Madhyapradesh.
7. Sakriya S/o Unknown, Resident Of Village Juni Boradi,
Naharpura Chhota. Jhabua, Madhyapradesh Meghnagar,
8. Buddhi Devi W/o Shree Sakriya, Resident Of Village Juni
Boradi, Naharpura Chhota, Meghnagar, Jhabua,
Madhyapradesh.
----Respondents
For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Gulab Singh
For Respondent(s) : Mr. Narendra Singh Chandawat, Public
Prosecutor
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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MUKESH RAJPUROHIT
Order
22/08/2025
1. Learned counsel for the petitioners does not want to pursue
the petition against the respondent No.5 and prayed that the
respondent No.5 be deleted from the array of respondents at the
peril and risk of the petitioners.
2. Accordingly, the respondent No.5 is deleted from the array of
respondents.
3. The petitioners have preferred this writ petition under
Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of
necessary directions to the official respondents to provide
adequate security and protection to the petitioners on the ground
that they are facing grave threat of life and liberty at the hands of
private respondent Nos.6 to 8.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that Article 21 of
the Constitution of India provides for right to life, limb and
personal liberty under the ambit of fundamental rights and any
threat to the same amounts to violation of the same. Being the
citizens of independent India, the petitioners have right to reside
with honour and dignity. Therefore, they have sought the
protection from the hands of private respondents and they also
sought direction to respondents to provide them protection.
5. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and perusing
the record of the case, this Court is neither going into the niceties
of the matter nor proving the relationship between the petitioners,
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as it is the subject matter of investigation before the Investigating
Officer, and is concerned only about the protection of life, limb and
liberty as guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.
6. Since the petitioners apprehend threat to their right of life
and liberty, this Court is of the considered view that the
petitioners have every right to seek the protection of their life,
limb and liberty.
7. In this view of the matter, the instant criminal writ petition is
disposed of with the direction to the petitioners to appear before
the concerned Superintendent of Police along with appropriate
representation regarding their grievance. The concerned
Superintendent of Police shall in turn hear the grievance of the
petitioners, and after analyzing the threat perceptions, if
necessitated, may pass necessary orders to provide adequate
security and protection to the petitioners.
8. It is made clear that any observation in this order shall not
affect any criminal and civil proceedings initiated against the
petitioners.
9. Stay petition also stands disposed of.
(MUKESH RAJPUROHIT),J
310-Ramesh/-
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