A magistrate’s court in Solapur district has rejected the plea of the Akluj police to investigate a non-cognisable offence registered against a taxi driver, for marrying Mumbai-based twin sisters in his village.

Speaking to mid-day, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Solapur) Basavaraj Shivpuje said, “The court has rejected permission to investigate the NC, citing Section 198 of CrPC that says the complainant should be the aggrieved party i.e. family members. We had approached the court to seek investigative powers in the NC registered against a man who recently married twin sisters. The court said it cannot take cognisance of this issue as the complainant is not an aggrieved party.”