1. "The girls having reached the age of discretion had of their own volition accompanied the men of their choice," the court had said, noting that "evidence suggested that the initiative came from them and they got married of their own accord and were desirous of living with their respective husbands". Quoting from the 1'65 apex court verdict in S Varadrajan vs State of Madras, it had said when a girl, who though a minor had attained the age of discretion and was on the verge of attaining the age of majority, accompanied a man with the desire of being his wife, the man cannot be held guilty of kidnapping as "the law does not cast upon him the duty of taking her back to her father‘s house or even of telling her not to accompany him".