HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU Case:- WP(C) No. 1245/2025 CM No. 2973/2025 1. Nagena Begum (DOB 15/12/2006) (Age 18 years) W/o Sh. Mohd. Yousuf Gujjar D/o Sh. Rafiq Kasana R/o Pandrar Budhi Kathua A/p Nard Maligam Pogal District Ramban. 2. Mohd. Yousuf Gujjar (DOB 10/02/1990) (Age 35 years) S/o Bashir Ahmed Gujjar R/o Nard Maligam Pogal District Ramban …..Petitioner(s) Through: Mr. Z. A. Lone, Advocate. Vs 1. Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Through Director General of Police, Jammu. 2. Senior Superintendent of Police, Ramban. 3. Station House Officer, Ramban. 4. Station House Officer Police Station Ramsoo. 5. Station House Officer Police Station Banihal. 6. Mohd. Rafiq Kasana S/o Sh. Mohd. Hussain Resident of Pandrar Budhi Kathua J&K. 7. Shakeel Ahmed S/o Sh. Mohd. Rafiq Resident of Pandrar Budhi Kathua J&K. 8. Mohd. Ashraf S/o Sh. Mohd Hussain Resident of Pandrar Budhi Kathua J&K. .….Respondent(s) Through: Mrs. Monika Kohli, Sr. AAG. Coram: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAHUL BHARTI, JUDGE ORDER (21.05.2025) 01. The petitioner No. 1 – Negena Begum by reference to her Aadhaar Card submits that she is major having retained age of 18 years 5 months back. Serial No. 75 2 WP(C) No. 1245/2025 CM No. 2973/2025 02. The petitioner No. 1 – Negena Begum belongs to a nomadic family and submits that she wants to take a call with respect to her matrimony on her own without any coercion and harassment bearing upon her by her parents and in that regard submits she is being coerced by her parents to marry against her own wishes. 03. Without going into the fact whether the petitioner No. 1 – Negena Begum has married the petitioner No. 2 – Mohd. Yousuf Gujjar, who is double her age, this Court directs the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Ramban to ensure that the petitioner No. 1 – Negena Begum is not to subjected any kind of harassment and pressure by her parents and brothers, namely, Mohd. Rafiq, Shakeel Ahmed and Mohd. Ashraf to marry against her own wishes. 04. The present writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of along with connected application(s). (RAHUL BHARTI) JUDGE JAMMU 21.05.2025 Bunty Whether the order is speaking: Yes/No Whether the order is reportable: Yes/No Bunty Kumar 2025.05.22 12:53 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Jammu