Author: PTI
Publication: Rediff.com
Date: March 10, 2006
URL: http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/mar/10hc.htm
The Delhi High Court has ordered the capital's
police to provide all protection to a 23-year old Jammu Muslim woman who apprehended
safety to her life after she married a Hindu man against the family's wishes.
Justice R C Jain while passing the direction
asked the Delhi Police Commissioner to produce the woman's father Mohammed
Ayoob Zari and her husband Vijay Sharma before the court on March 14. The
victim Sunita Sharma alias Farhat Zari in her petition through counsels S
K Aggarwal and Rakesh Mahajan submitted that she married Sharma on September
27, 2005 after converting herself to Hinduism.
However, it was stated that her parents, brother
and one Marawat Hussain threatened to kill her if she did not break the marriage.
Following this the victim with the help of
well-wishers came to Delhi and took shelter in the house of an acquaintance
Narhari Gopal Dass at Gautam Nagar.
But as the threats continued, Sunita approached
the High Court seeking protection claiming she was a major and entitled to
marry the man of her choice.