Allahabad High Court Tells UP Police to Stop ‘Chasing Couples’ and Focus on Investigating Crimes

The Allahabad High Court criticised the Uttar Pradesh Police for “chasing couples” and investigating marriages of consenting adults instead of focusing on actual crimes.

Quashing an FIR lodged by a woman’s father against a married couple, the Court observed that major individuals are free to choose whom they marry and live with.

It termed the growing practice of registering criminal cases at the instance of disapproving families as a “disturbing trend” and warned that such police actions are illegal and sometimes even criminal in nature.

The Court directed senior State authorities to take corrective measures to prevent unnecessary interference in consensual adult relationships.