Court directed cops to give security to girls

JAIPUR: A lesbian couple on Tuesday approached the Rajasthan High Court seeking protection for their life and to restrain their families from forcing them to get married to men.The girls, belonging to the backward Bairwa and Koli communities , are from the same village Gudha Ashiqpura in Dausa district .They claimed that they know each other from their school days and had completed higher secondary. Their friendship turned into a love affair which culminated in marriage."We know each other for the past five years during which we fell in love. Then we decided to formalize our relationship and got married secretly on December 22 last year at a temple, " they revealed in an affidavit to the court.However, they still live separately with their families and the relatives are unaware of their relationship. The girls fear that if the family members come to know of their marriage, they might forcefully get them married to men against their wish.They said they do not wish to marry men and want to live together. "We cannot live without the each other and want to live under the same roof," said the affidavit filed by them for same sex marriage. "We are majors (both are 24 years of age) and understand fully the gravity of the decision we had taken," added the affidavit.Following the petition, the court directed SHO Bandikui to provide security to the girls and restrain their parents and family members from any coercive action and ill treatment.Bhim Sen Bairwa, counsel for one of the girls who approached the high court, said the girls have decided to inform their parents of their relationship after the court had ordered to provide them police protection.