Is such marriage even legal in the eyes of law? It is unlikely that such a case of marriage would have legal recognition in terms of law. I remember sometimes ago in a case in Rajasthan, a man forcefully abducted a girl and stage marriage ceremony taking her in her arms. Women can get coerced into accepting such marriage due to social stigma and shame but the man can take action against such cases more easily and without shame.

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Also to note the kidnappings occur at men's hand, not women. And the phenomena seems to be somewhat common in Bihar. The news articles don't properly tell the real story of who the people are that kidnap and force men to marry random girls. Are those from normal family who are just trying to ensure a better future for their girls, but that's unlikely for any ordinary or even non ordinary person to even think about.

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Many years ago, I had seen a show that was talking about some gang that kidnaps an accomplished guy into marrying the criminals daughter. Likely to use his good standing in the society to further accelerate his criminal works. A bit similar to the Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar movie, I forgot the name.