What would be an example of topological space having any two points say $x_1, x_2$, such that each open set containing one point ( $x_1$) also contains the other point $x_2$
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The property you describe is related to the Hausdorff property.
Definition: A topological space $X$ is Hausdorff if for any $x,y\in x$ with $x\neq y$ there are open neighbourhoods $U_x$, $U_y$ of $x$ resp $y$ such that $U_x \cap U_y = \emptyset$
So every space fulfilling your conditions hast to be non-Hausdorff.
There are many examples of non-Hausdorff spaces, but they are all a bit unintuitive as we can't separate points by open sets.
Famous examples are the trivial topology or the Zarisky topology.
You can check if these topologies fulfil your requirements.
Look at the trivial topology $\{ \emptyset, X \}$ for any set $X$ that has at least two members.