Kochi: The High Court of Kerala on Thursday dismissed a plea made by the POCSO case accused Muhammad Farman to prevent his arrest for another two weeks. Farman, who is accused of marrying a minor, was directed by the court to approach the court in Madhya Pradesh as the case was out of Kerala’s jurisdiction. A Special POCSO Court in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, had rejected Farman’s anticipatory bail application in the case registered against him the other day.Farman also faces allegations of submitting forged documents during the course of the case.The matter took a legal turn after the girl’s family alleged that she was a minor at the time of the marriage.The controversy deepened after an investigation by the Delhi-based National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) found that the girl belonged to the Pardhi tribal community in Madhya Pradesh and was born on December 30, 2009.
Kerala HC rejects Farman’s plea
