Bihar News: The accused married the victim in Madhubani jail, Patna High Court had ordered, know the whole matter:

News Topical, Digital Desk : On the orders of the High Court of Patna, on the instructions of the First District Additional Sessions Judge Syed Mohammad Fazlul Bari, the victim was married to the accused Chhotu Yadav alias Bradi Yadav, lodged in the Mandal Jail, in the jail premises on Tuesday. The victim had lodged an FIR in the women's police station accusing the accused of sexual harassment. The victim also has a three-year-old daughter.

In the bail application filed in the Hon'ble High Court by the accused in the sexual harassment case, the Hon'ble High Court, Patna had issued an order to the concerned court to accept the bail bond after marriage verification. In the light of this order, the District Additional Sessions Judge cum Special Judge had directed the Divisional Jail Superintendent to get the accused married in the jail premises itself.

In the light of this direction of the court, the accused Chhotu Yadav alias Badri Yadav was married to the victim Geeta Kumari in the divisional jail premises. During this, the accused's advocate Vijay Kumar Bharti and the complainant's advocate Nitesh Gupta, jailor Ram Vilas Das, the accused's father Jayanarayan Yadav, aunt Kaushalya Devi and jail staff were present.

After the death of her husband, her brother-in-law was sexually harassing her

According to Additional Public Prosecutor Mishri Lal Yadav, the case is related to the Laukahi police station area. After the death of the victim's husband, her younger brother, the accused Chhotu Yadav alias Bradi Yadav, used to have sexual relations with her. Due to this, the victim became pregnant several times, but she was made to abort the pregnancy by giving her medicines. In the same sequence, the victim became pregnant again, and the accused again started pressuring her to abort the pregnancy.

When she refused, he started beating the victim. To avoid the beating and for the life of her child, she left the house. After this, the applicant Geeta Kumari lodged an FIR against Chhotu Yadav alias Bradi Yadav in the women's police station, in light of which, on the orders of the High Court, Patna, the First District Additional Sessions Judge got the applicant married to the accused.

A court-ordered prison marriage is rare, but it is possible. As happened in March 2025 in Siwan district of Bihar, where a young man booked for kidnapping was ordered by the court to marry his girlfriend in Hindu rituals under tight security in prison. Such orders are given when a couple decides to live together and the court can order marriage to ensure that their relationship is based on mutual consent.