Mrs. Asama Bano and Another v. State of U.P. and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court writ petition (civil) WRIT-C 32883 of 2024, decided 10.1.2025 by Judge Vinod Diwakar; petitioners Asama Bano and another sought police protection for marriage solemnized without parental consent; dismissed for concealment of material facts; police verification showed petitioner no.1 already married, pending case crime no. 03 of 2022 (Sections 498A, 323, 406 IPC; Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act) and Section 125 Cr.P.C. maintenance case against earlier husband, Police Station Mahila Thana, District Kaushambi; Nikahnama from Rajasthan unreadable and unverifiable; neutral citation 2025:AHC:5697.
What did the court decide?
Finding that the petitioners filed the instant writ petition concealing material facts (petitioner no.1's existing marriage, her pending criminal case and Section 125 Cr.P.C. maintenance claim against her earlier husband, and the unreadable/unverifiable Nikahnama), the Court dismissed the writ petition.