Chasing a consensual couple illegal: Allahabad HC to cops

Allahabad HC quashed an FIR against a young couple from Saharanpur who had married of their own free will, saying police were doing a "great disservice by registering FIRs such as these and, more than that, chasing the young couple, sometimes with the ulterior motive to forcibly separate them and send back the bride to the parents or her family." It said "these actions are illegal, and some of them are offences". Coming down heavily on this disturbing trend, the court directed the UP DGP to take remedial action. The court also issued a mandamus to the respondents, including the girl's father, not to enter the matrimonial home of the petitioners.