Avoid Casual Arrests Of Boy's Relatives In Elopement Cases: Madras HC [Read Order]

The Madras High Court, on Thursday, warned against the casual arrest of parents and relatives of boys in elopement cases involving underage couples, opining that this would amount to a "social wrong" at the hands of the Police.The Bench comprising Justice C.T. Selvam and Justice N. Sathish Kumar was dealing with a case concerning the eloping of a 17-year-old girl with a 19-year-old boy. It...