‘Nosy’ cops wasted time probing adult marriage: Allahabad High Court drops FIR

5 min readNew DelhiJul 29, 2026 12:30 PM IST The Allahabad High Court held that the liberty that a person who is an adult enjoys includes the liberty to marry a person of his/her choice. (AI generated image)The Allahabad High Court recently cancelled an FIR filed by a woman’s father against her husband, calling the police “nosy parkers” with “no business” investigating marriages instead of crimes. The court also imposed a cost of Rs 1,000 on the police officers and Rs 5,000 on the woman’s father, payable to her. Justices J J Munir and Tarun Saxena, while allowing the couple’s petition, held that there was “absolutely no case worth investigation” and that the police were “utterly wasting their time” by continuing the probe.“Two adults have married each other according to Hindu rights and bo