SUNDER KANWAR v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN
Court: High Court of Rajasthan
Bench: KULDEEP MATHUR
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court of Rajasthan judgment dated 2026-08-10. SUNDER KANWAR v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
[2026:RJ-JP:38209] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S. B. Criminal Miscellaneous (Petition) No. 6830/2026 CNR: RJHC010782252026 | URN: CRLMP / 11996U / 2026 1. Sunder Kanwar D/o Chatar Singh, Aged About 19 Years, Resident Of Devaniyo Ka Talla, District Barmerat Present Reside At Village Piploon, District Barmerraj. 2. Mang Singh S/o Hukam Singh, Aged About 22 Years, Resident Of Village Piploon, District Barmer Raj. ----Petitioners Versus 1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Chief Secretary,ministry Of Home Affairs, Jaipur Raj. 2. The Superintendent Of Police, Barmer Raj. 3. Station House Officer, Police Station Chouhtan, Districtbarmer Raj. 4. Station House Officer, Police Station Siwana, Districtbarmer Raj. 5. Prakash Singh S/o Chatar Singh, Resident Ofdevaniyo Ka Talla, District Barmer Raj. 6. Padam Singh, Resident Of Devaniyo Katalla, District Barmer Raj. ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Dinesh Saini For Respondent(s) : Mr. Prem Singh Panwar, PP HON'BLE MR.
JUSTICE KULDEEP MATHUR Order 10/08/2026 The criminal writ petition has been preferred by the petitioners under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking direction for being provided with adequate security and protection. The petitioners both being major persons claim to have performed a love marriage. They submit that the marriage was [2026:RJ-JP:38209] (2 of 2) [CRLMP-6830/2026] performed against the wishes of their parents and thus, they feel threat to their lives at the hands of private respondents, who are their relatives. The petitioners allegedly approached the concerned respondent authorities, with a prayer to be provided with adequate protection but no heed has been paid to their request so far. The documents pertaining to the age of the petitioners and the marriage ceremony performed between them have been filed on record. Thus, taking cue from the judgment rendered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Lata Singh Vs. State of U. P.
Reported in AIR 2006 SC 2522, the prayer made by the petitioners for directing the concerned respondent authorities to provide protection to the petitioners deserves to be accepted. The concerned respondent authorities shall have the matter enquired into and if so required, appropriate protection shall be provided to the petitioners as and when warranted. The concerned respondent authorities shall ensure that no harm is caused to the petitioners, who have performed a love marriage. The criminal writ petition is accordingly disposed of. (KULDEEP MATHUR),J 87/Divya Raj Jasmatiya
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