Why did police register case against husband when wedding was voluntary, asks advocateThe relatives of Manichandra and Sujatha — the couple that committed suicide over their daughter’s marriage to a ‘boy’ they were opposed to — have decided not to pursue the case of ‘abetment of suicide’ against the son-in-law.After Manichandra’s relatives filed the case, Sreedhar Gowda, 30, was arrested on Monday and remanded to judicial custody till May 30.Rashmi, 22, had left home on Friday, claiming she was going to a mall. A few hours later, Sreedhar had informed her parents about their wedding. Upset over this, her parents had consumed poison on Saturday. While Sujatha died the same day, Manichandra passed away on Sunday.Relatives on Tuesday told Mirror that they were not going to trouble Rashmi and her husband. Besides, Rashmi’s statement would be key, and because she is in support of her husband, in all possibility, the case against him would be dropped, said the police.Sujatha’s brother Appu Rao said Rashmi did not talk to any of the family members at her father’s funeral on Monday. She walked in with police security and left the place. “Enough is enough. We do not want to talk about her any more. Let her live a 100 years, happily, with her husband. We will not talk to her regarding the deaths; the lives are gone already. We are all ready to write on a bond paper that we will not trouble her any more,” he said.Rao was upset over the allegations made by Rashmi. Calling them untrue, Rao claimed none of them knew about her relationship with Sreedhar till the suicide.Manichandra’s brother Ramesh said Rashmi had lost her parents and pushing for punishment for her husband wouldn’t be right. “We want Rashmi to be happy. What she should have done is marry Sreedhar with her parents’ consent,” he said.However, Vishwanath, an advocate, said it was a mystery why the police had even registered the case against Sreedhar when Rashmi had voluntarily married him. “They did it under pressure. Once he comes out on bail, he can challenge it in the court of law. The couple did not leave a suicide note blaming Sreedhar for their deaths. And even if they had, Rashmi’s statement would be key,” he said.