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Smt. Priti and Another v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Allahabad HC25 Nov 2025WRIC/41451/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Protection writ, married couple, mandamus, interference in marital life, harassment by respondents, disposed in limine, liberty to live together, SSP/SP immediate protection, police not to harass innocent persons, Lata Singh 2006 Cr.L.J. 3309, Bhagwan Dass (2011) 6 SCC 396, honour killings, marriage validity and age left open, no bar to lawful proceedings or pending investigation, recall on suppression or false averments, Allahabad High Court, WRIT-C 41451 of 2025, Vivek Kumar Singh J., 25.11.2025.

What did the court decide?

Petitioners given liberty to live together as a married couple free of interference; upon disturbance they may approach the SSP/SP concerned with a copy of the order, who shall examine the matter and provide immediate protection; police to ensure innocent persons are not harassed. ¶31

Smt. Priti and Another vs State of U.P. and 3 Others — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the major-aged petitioners, who assert they solemnised and registered their marriage with free consent and allege threats/harassment by respondents, are entitled to a mandamus directing the respondents not to interfere in their peaceful marital life and providing them protection. +1 more

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Court's answer

The writ petition is finally disposed of with the direction that the petitioners, being a married couple, are at liberty to live together and no person shall be permitted to interfere in their peaceful living.

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Ratio / Principle

In case of any disturbance to their peaceful living, the petitioners may approach the Senior Superintendent of Police or Superintendent of Police concerned with a copy of this order, who will examine the matter and provide immediate protection.

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Key takeaways

The police authority shall also ensure that an innocent person is not harassed or humiliated if he/she has caused no hindrance to the petitioners' peaceful married life.ratio¶25
This Court has not adjudicated the validity of the marriage, the genuineness of the marriage certificate, or the correct age of the petitioners.ratio¶26

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Vivek Kumar Singh, J.), WRIT - C No. 41451 of 2025, decided November 25, 2025: Petitioners asserting a marriage solemnised on 21.08.2025 and registered on 08.10.2025, alleging threat and harassment by respondents, sought mandamus against interference with their marital life. Relying on Lata Singh v. State of UP, 2006 Cr.L.J. 3309 (SC directions protecting adult inter-caste/inter-religious couples) and Bhagwan Dass v. State (NCT of Delhi), (2011) 6 SCC 396 (honour killings as rarest-of-rare crimes), the Court disposed of the writ petition in limine: the couple may live together and no person may interfere; on disturbance they may approach the SSP/SP with a copy of the order for examination and immediate protection; police to spare innocent persons. Express caveats: marriage validity, certificate genuineness and ages not adjudicated; no immunity from lawful proceedings or pending investigations; order subject to recall if obtained by suppression or false averments.

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

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WRIT - C No. - 41451 of 2025

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Smt. Priti And Another

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.....Petitioner(s)

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Versus

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State Of U.P. And 3 Others

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Counsel for Petitioner(s)	: Kuldeep ....	Kumar .Respondent(s)
Counsel for Respondent(s)	: C.S.C.

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Court No. - 78

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HON'BLE VIVEK KUMAR SINGH, J.

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Pramit Kumar Pal, learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents.

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By means of the present writ petition, the petitioners have prayed for a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents not to interfere in their peaceful marital life and also for a direction to provide protection.

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Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are major and have solemnized their marriage on 21.08.2025 as per rites and customs and the marriage of the petitioners has been registered on 08.10.2025 (Annexure No. 3). He further submits that this is their first marriage. It is further asserted that no FIR has been registered against them in respect of the same and that their marriage was solemnized with their free consent without duress on any party. It is further alleged that petitioners are being threatened and harassed by respondents for reason of having thus got married.

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In Lata Singh vs. State of UP 2006 Cr.L.J. 3309 , while dealing with a case of harassment by the parents of the boy and girl, who had entered into inter-caste marriage, Hon'ble Supreme Court has issued directions to the Administration/Police authorities throughout the country in the following terms:-

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"This is a free and democratic country, and once a person becomes a major he or she can marry whosoever he/she likes. If the parents of the boy or girl do not approve of such inter-

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caste or inter-religious marriage the maximum they can do is that they can cut off social relations with the son or the daughter, but they cannot give threats or commit or instigate acts of violence and cannot harass the person who undergoes such inter-caste or inter- religious marriage. We, therefore, direct that the administration/police authorities throughout the country will see to it that if any boy or girl who is a major undergoes inter-caste or inter-religious marriage with a woman or man who is a major, the couple are not harassed by any one nor subjected to threats or acts of violence, and any one who gives such threats or harasses or commits acts of violence either himself or at his instigation, is taken to task by instituting criminal proceedings by the police against such persons and further stern action is taken against such persons as provided by law."

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In Bhagwan Dass v. State (NCT of Delhi), (2011) 6 SCC 396 Hon'ble Supreme Court held in paragraph 28 and 29 as under:-

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"28. ..... Often young couples who fall in love have to seek shelter in the police lines or protection homes, to avoid the wrath of kangaroo courts. We have held in Lata Singh case that there is nothing "honourable" in "honour" killings, and they are nothing but barbaric and brutal murders by bigoted persons with feudal minds. In our opinion honour killings, for whatever reason, come within the category of the rarest of rare cases deserving death punishment. It is time to stamp out these barbaric, feudal practices which are a slur on our nation. This is necessary as a deterrent for such outrageous, uncivilised behavior. All persons who are planning to perpetrate "honour" killings should know that the gallows await them.

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Let a copy of this judgment be sent to the Registrars General/ Registrars of all the High Courts who shall circulate the same to all the Judges of the Courts. The Registrars General/ Registrars of the High Courts will also circulate copies of the same to all the Sessions Judges/ Additional

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Sessions Judges in the States/Union Territories. Copies of the judgment shall also be sent to all the Chief Secretaries/ Home Secretaries/ Directors General of Police of all States/ Union Territories in the country. The Home Secretaries and Directors General of Police will circulate the same to all SSPs/SPs in the States/Union Territories for information."

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It is contended by learned Standing Counsel that the above observations and directions issued by the Supreme Court are being enforced in the State of UP and that no further direction is required to be issued by this Court at this stage as it is a mere apprehension of the petitioners that the private respondents may commit some act of violence and or harass the petitioners.

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Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, but without prejudice to the merits of the case, the writ petition is finally disposed off with the direction that the petitioners are at liberty to live together being a married couple and no person shall be permitted to interfere in their peaceful living. In case, any disturbance is caused in the peaceful living of the petitioners, the petitioners shall approach the Senior Superintendent of Police or Superintendent of Police concerned with a copy of this order, who will examine the matter and shall provide immediate protection to the petitioners. The Police authority shall also ensure that an innocent person should not be harassed or humiliated if he / she has not caused any hindrance in peaceful married life of the petitioners.

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However, it is made clear that this court has not adjudicated the validity of the marriage and/or genuineness of their marriage certificate claimed by the petitioners or the correct age of the petitioners. It is further clarified, this order has not been passed to protect the petitioners against any action or proceedings instituted in accordance with law.

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Since the petition is being disposed of in limine, any person aggrieved by it is at liberty to apply for its recall, if the order has been obtained by suppression or concealment of facts or on false averments.

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However, this order would not come in way of investigation, if any, pending before the police authorities.

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The writ petition is disposed of accordingly with above observations.

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(Vivek Kumar Singh,J.)

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November 25, 2025

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Radhika

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Digitally signed by :- RADHIKA VISHWAKARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

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