Ahmedabad: Father forces minor girl to live with fiancé

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court has asked the state government to seriously investigate a case in which a girl’s father forced her to stay at her fiancé ’s house even though she was a minor.

The HC found the case “quite disturbing” and asked the state government to treat the matter seriously. This happened after the father and the fiancé, from Surendranagar district , approached the high court by filing a habeas corpus petition claiming that the girl was forcibly detained by another person.

When the court read the case, it said that if the girl was a minor and the father had actually forced her live with her fiancé at his house, the court may take the view that it may constitute an offence under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.