LARKANA: Justice Muhammed Osman Ali Hadi of Sindh High Court’s Larkana bench adjourned a freewill couple’s petition till Nov 23 as the petitioners, seeking protection against alleged threat to their lives, did not appear before him on Monday.

Advocate Mohammad Afzal Jagirani was present in the court to represent the petitioners. A lawyer, Athar Abbas Solangi, who has volunteered to appear in court on behalf of the woman’s father, Sanjay Kumar, was also present.

The couple, Yasir Ali Domki and Yasmeen (as she identified herself in the petition) have sought a court order for protection from alleged threat to their lives from her family members and other relatives.

According to the petition, the woman, Bindya Kumari, contracted a freewill marriage with Yasir Domki on Oct 15, 2026 after embracing Islam and adopted ‘Yasmeen’ as her Islamic name.

The woman’s family members and relatives disbelieved the couple’s claim. The matter was reported to the Sibbi (Balochistan) and Bakhshapur (Sindh) police stations. The complainants, Sanjay Kumar, along with his relatives, demand recovery of his daughter alleging that she had been abducted.

In the petition, Yasmeen stated that she had not been abducted and that she contracted a freewill marriage with Yasir Domki without any duress or pressure.

“We have now been living a happy life with each other,” the couple’s petition stated.

They alleged that the [woman’s] family and other relatives were bent upon getting the marriage undone at any cost for which they were trying to implicate them in false criminal cases.

According to the petition, the couple approached SHOs of the Sibbi and Bakhshapur (Kandhkot-Kashmore district) and later SSPs of the two districts for protection. The police officers, instead, were also threatening them (the petitioners) to surrender else they would be implicated in false criminal cases, the couple alleged.

“We fear for our lives and should be provided police protection,” the petitioners urged.

Published in Dawn, November 3rd, 2026