new delhi observing that there is no law mandating that poor and ignorant persons cannot fall in love a trial court has acquitted a youth of kidnapping and raping a minor after the teenager testified that they were already married and she would be becoming a mother soon while freeing the 19yearold boy the court said the girl who was 16 years and three months old at the time of incident in january this year had willingly eloped with the youth and he had not forced her into sexual relations it pointed out that at the time of elopement the girl could give consent for sexual intercourse as she was above 16 years of age there is no law that mandates that poor and ignorant persons cannot fall in love andor cannot join in matrimony or communion whether the zalim cruel society recognizes it or not they are a married couple for all practical purposes additional sessions judge dharmesh sharma said terming this case a teenage love drama the judge said that this was a case where our dysfunctional society and the justice system separated the two love birds the girl a native of bihar was residing in delhi with her brother at her uncles place the girl became friendly with the youth and they fell in love with each other the girls guardians in delhi were against this relationship and at their instance her brother would beat her the couple eloped on january 19 went to bihar and stayed for four months the girls brother lodged a case against the boy alleging he had taken her away to get married despite the familys objections and the two came back to delhi after they came to know about the case the judge directed nirmal chhaya a remand home to release the girl immediately and said she be allowed to live with her husband saying that would be best for the welfare of the girl as she had repeatedly expressed that she wanted to stay with him the court noted that the girl had been disowned by her own family but the boy had been visiting her dutifully even at nirmal chhaya