GG News Bureau
Noida, 8th July. The Pakistani woman and her Indian lover, who were both arrested by police in connection with her illegal stay in India, were granted bail by a court in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida on Friday, according to officials.
On July 4, Seema Ghulam Haider, 30, and Sachin Meena, 25, were arrested. Seema was charged with illegally entering India, while Sachin was charged with harboring the illegal immigrant.
Sachin and Seema expressed their love for each other in front of the media and police on July 4, pleading with the government to allow them to marry and live together in India.
The couple met in 2019 while playing the online game PUBG and finally became so close that she chose to come to India to stay with him in Greater Noida.
According to the accused’s lawyer, Hemant Krishna Parashar, the two were granted bail by Justice Nazim Akbar of the Jewar Civil Court junior division.
Parashar said the court has put a condition with the bail that Seema would not change her place of residence as long as the case is underway and the couple would mark their presence before the court regularly.
“Both Seema and Sachin have been granted bail by the court. However, they are yet to be released from the jail. They would be released after paper work and verification are completed,” said Sudhir Kumar, in-charge of local Rabupura police station, where the case was lodged.
“Seema’s four children are also with her in the jail. They would stay with the mother once she walks out of the jail,” Kumar said.
Advocate Parashar said he argued before the judge that the woman had taken the action in her innocence as the couple was “love-struck”.
He also claimed that Seema and Sachin have got married in Nepal earlier this year and the woman feels threat to her life if she goes back to Pakistan.
“Seema told me in writing that she and Sachin had got married in Kathmandu, Nepal. I informed the court about this. I also argued that Seema first went from Pakistan to Nepal and then came to India. Those coming from Nepal to India are not required to carry passport or have visa,” Parashar told PTI.
“I also apprised the court that Seema feels threat to her life if she is sent back to Pakistan. She feels her young children might get spared but she would be killed for her acts,” the lawyer claimed.
He said the court was satisfied with the arguments and granted bail to the couple.
Earlier, the court had ordered that the woman’s four children, all aged below 7, would stay with the mother in jail. The children had accompanied Seema when she illegally came to India in May this year.
Sachin’s father Netrapal Singh (50) was also arrested in connection with the case and charged with sheltering an illegal immigrant.
The father was also granted bail on Thursday by the same court, police said. (with agency inputs)
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