Though a second marriage is permissible under Mohammedan law, personal law cannot override special laws like the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act , Child Marriage Restraint Act and the General Penal Code of this country, the Karnataka high court observed on Monday, while rejecting bail to Rahul alias Nayaz Pasha, of Tiptur town in Tumakuru district. “Merely because the parties are Mohammedans, it does not mean the petitioner-accused has the right to marry a minor girl by enticing and abducting her,” the court pointed…
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