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The Allahabad High Court recently directed the Uttar Pradesh Police Special Task Force (STF) to conduct further investigation into two FIRs registered against the same man, after taking note of allegations that he had lured two women on the promise of marriage.

A bench of Justice Rajeev Singh directed the Director General of STF, Uttar Pradesh, to depute a team of senior police officers to further investigate the FIRs, specifically "considering the aspect of women trafficking".

The direction was passed while hearing an application filed by a woman seeking transfer of her matrimonial case against Chetan Anand (Opposite Party) to the High Court's Mediation and Conciliation Centre.

While considering the matter, the Court took note of the circumstances in which the two parties had allegedly come together.

The Bench noted that the applicant's father had lodged an FIR alleging that the Opposite Party/Accused had lured his daughter away while acting in concert with his brother and a friend.

The applicant and Accused subsequently solemnised an alleged marriage on November 6, 2024, at an Arya Samaj Mandir in Lucknow.

The FIR, registered under Sections 87 (Kidnapping, abducting or inducing a woman to compel her marriage, etc.), 142 (Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement a kidnapped or abducted person), 352 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 351(2) (Criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), further alleged that the applicant had taken away jewellery, including her mother's jewellery, and approximately ₹3 lakh from the sale proceeds of a shop.

The Court's attention was also drawn to another FIR registered against the Opposite Party-Accused in June 2026, following a complaint by the father of a 21-year-old woman.

This second FIR alleged that the informant's daughter had come in contact with the Accused through Facebook and that he had lured her on the promise of marriage before taking her away from home on June 26, 2026.

Thus, the two FIRs concerned allegations by the fathers of two different women, both of whom accused Anand of luring their daughters away.

The second complaint further alleged that Anand had followed a similar course of conduct with the applicant before allegedly luring the informant's daughter.

During the proceedings, Anand informed the Court that the police had already submitted final reports in both cases.

According to him, a final report had been submitted in the second FIR, while the final report in the case lodged by the applicant's father was based on the applicant's statement.

During its interaction with the accused-opposite party, the Court specifically questioned him about his educational qualifications.

Anand stated that he had completed his High School and Intermediate examinations from Jaunpur and was presently pursuing BCA.

When asked about the college, he stated that he had completed his Intermediate examination as a private candidate but failed to disclose the name of the college.

Thereafter, he changed his version and stated that he had completed his Intermediate examination from the Sikkim Board through distance learning. The Court further recorded that he failed to explain the details of the university from which he was pursuing BCA.

In view of the above circumstances, the High Court disposed of the application with a direction to the Director General of STF, Uttar Pradesh, to depute a team of responsible senior police officers to further investigate both FIRs, "considering the aspect of women trafficking".

The Court directed that the matter be listed on November 25 for the filing of an affidavit of compliance by the responsible STF officer, enclosing the investigation report.

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