The Allahabad High Court dismissed a plea filed by an interfaith live-in couple seeking police protection, stating that such relationships are more about infatuation without any sincerity. The court acknowledged that the Supreme Court has recognized live-in relationships in previous cases. However, the court believed that at a young age of 20-22 years, the couple may not be able to give serious thought to a temporary relationship. The court emphasized that until the couple decides to marry and be sincere towards each other, opinions about such relationships will be avoided.

This case pertains to an FIR lodged against the male partner by the girl’s aunt under IPC Section 366 (kidnapping). The couple had jointly filed a petition challenging the FIR and sought police protection as they intended to continue their live-in relationship.

The woman’s counsel argued that she was over 20 years of age and as a major, she had the right to decide her future. She chose petitioner No. 2 as her boyfriend and wanted to be in a live-in relationship with him. On the other hand, the counsel for the girl’s aunt opposed the plea, alleging that the male partner was already facing an FIR under Sections 2/3 of the UP Gangsters Act. The aunt’s counsel referred to him as a road Romeo and a vagabond who had no future and would ruin the girl’s life.

The Allahabad High Court, while rejecting the couple’s plea, expressed its belief that such relationships are often temporary, fragile, and result in timepass. The court stated that it avoids expressing any opinion about such relationships unless the couple decides to marry and be sincere towards each other.

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