KARACHI: Criminal proceedings against a class X student and his wife were quashed by the Sindh High court on Wednesday after the parents of the couple accepted the marriage.
Petitioner Shahzad Hussain approached SHC, asking that the criminal proceedings initiated against him by his in-laws should be nullified. According to his lawyer, Shahzad, a class X student, had married Marium Rehman, an intermediate student, in a court on May 21, 2010. Both were above 18 years of age and had married of their free will, after which they had left their homes.
Shahzad’s father moved an application in court under the criminal penal code, asking that his son should be regarded as missing. He directed the Sir Syed Police Station SHO to file an FIR against the bride’s father on charges of kidnapping Shahzad.
According to Marium’s father’s counsel, the police were harassing the bride’s family and raiding their house on the basis of a concocted case.
On Wednesday, petitioner Shahzad Hussain told the court that it was his choice to marry Marium and nobody had kidnapped him.
The parents of the young couple, who were also present in court, agreed to resolve their differences amicably and said that they would accept the marriage.
They also agreed to host a marriage reception for the newly weds.
SHC division bench, comprising Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Justice Tufail Ebrahim, ordered that the petition submitted by Shahzad’s father would be disposed off and the proceedings of the FIR cancelled.
Published in the Express Tribune, June 17th, 2010.
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