Torn apart and threatened by the girl's casteist family, a teenaged couple from Pune has approached the Bombay High Court to get help to safeguard their lives. The couple has been threatened of dire consequences by the girl's family who are opposed to the match because the boy belongs to a lower caste. The matter is set to come up for hearing on Monday.

The couple, both of whom are 19 years old, hail from Talegaon in Pune. They fell in love three years ago while studying at the same junior college. As they neared the end of college, they were planning a future together. But all of those plans came to a screeching halt three months ago, after the girl's family found out about their relationship. They opposed the match because the boy belongs to the Matang community, which is a backward caste, while the girl belongs to the Maratha community.