{"id":21888,"date":"2012-07-19T16:45:14","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T11:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=21888"},"modified":"2012-07-19T16:45:14","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T11:15:14","slug":"child-marriage-groom-held-for-marrying-minor-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/child-marriage-groom-held-for-marrying-minor-girl","title":{"rendered":"Child Marriage: Groom held for marrying minor girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a <span style=\"color: #800000;text-decoration: underline\"><strong>child marriage<\/strong><\/span> case a 22-year old man who tied the knot with a <span style=\"color: #800000;text-decoration: underline\"><strong>&#8220;minor&#8221; girl<\/strong><\/span> landed behind the bars with police arresting him within hours of the wedding on the charge of child marriage in the district today.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0Besides the bridegroom, the father and mother of the<span style=\"color: #800000;text-decoration: underline\"><strong> 15-year old girl<\/strong><\/span>, studying seventh standard in the municipal school, were also arrested for arranging the child\u00a0marriage, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0The man married the girl with the consent of her parents at a temple in Muthunaickenpatty in Rasipuram.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0Acting on a tip-off, police and revenue officials rushed to the temple, arrested the newly wed bridegroom and the girl&#8217;s parents under <span style=\"color: #800000;text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Prevention of Child Marriage Act<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a child marriage case a 22-year old man who tied the knot with a &#8220;minor&#8221; 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