The premises of the High Court became the stage for a gripping spectacle on Tuesday following the hearing of an interfaith love marriage, which drew the attention of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists. Police presence swelled to maintain order as tensions ran high. The police brought a young woman before the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court in response to a Habeas Corpus petition filed by a youth involved in an interfaith marriage from Ner in Yavatmal district. Upon receiving the news, a significant number of Bajrang Dal and VHP activists gathered on the High Court premises, which resulted in an escalation in police presence. The 24-year-old woman fled with the youth from another community on April 14. The woman’s parents had lodged a missing complaint with the Ner Police. The police launched searches and traced the couple on April 23. According to the in-charge of Ner Police Station, Balasaheb Naik, when he asked the girl whether she was married to the man, she stated no. As a result, the police sent the woman to the Sakhi One Stop Centre in Yavatmal, a woman welfare and care centre, on the same night. Since then, the woman has been at the centre.