Inside Crimeophobia’s Top 3 Most Explosive Love Affair Cases: When Romance Faces Resistance, Law, and the Long Road to Justice

by Special Reporter, Bureau Desk

Unusual love marriages can have both positive and negative consequences, depending on the bonding between the couple, whether they chose each other under family pressure, or if their love defied societal expectations. Crimeophobia has handled cases falling under all three categories and now lists out the top three Marital Warfare cases that escalated into interstate legal and emotional conflicts—each managed from its Mumbai-based control room.

Case 1: Southern and Northern India – Bangalore–Hyderabad–Mumbai Child Recovery

One of the most difficult cases remains that of a mother in Bangalore, desperately trying to find where her husband had taken their child. In this matrimonial conflict, the unofficial custody of the child was shockingly granted to the husband by the school principal of one of the top Bangalore Education brands. Crimeophobia successfully ensured that the principal’s name was included in the FIR along with the husband and others, prompting intervention by the school chairman, who acted swiftly to protect the institution’s reputation dating back to 1959.

The principal was also summoned before the Women’s Rights Commission in a separate complaint. However, given the chairman’s personal rapport with members of the Commission, her name was eventually cleared. The mother, however, couldn’t afford to wait through years of court proceedings to regain custody. Using a mix of criminal psychology and documentation, a detailed roadmap was developed to trace the husband, suspected to be hiding in Pune, Nagpur, Bangalore, New Delhi, or a third, unknown location.

She had chosen her husband as the lesser evil, fearing her parents in New Delhi would marry her off to someone far worse. This decision, however, proved costly, as the husband was aware of every possible move, she might make. She remained unable to trace either him or their child for nearly 3–4 months who was aged 6years.

The case was diverted from a friend of the mother in Mumbai to Criminologist Snehil Dhall after the mother’s psychological profiling responses gave away key clues. FIR details in Bangalore laid the foundation for a joint Crimeophobia and police operation that ultimately traced the husband and child to Hyderabad. A police team was deployed, and while GPS tracking narrowed down the area using mobile towers, it still covered over 30–40 buildings.

The police did not have permission to search inside residences, and it was nightfall, making the search even more difficult. Crimeophobia reworked the strategy and directed the mother to search through building parking lots, which were public spaces and didn’t violate privacy laws or jurisdiction crisis for the Police. By night, based on the husband’s vehicle, the exact flat was traced after the information was passed from the mother to Bangalore Police while they were in Hyderabad under the coordination of Crimeophobia Team and Criminologist Snehil Dhall in Mumbai.

A morning confrontation ensued, revealing the husband was living with his live-in girlfriend, impersonating his wife, while the legal wife continued to suffer. He was taken into custody, and the entire conflict was shifted back to Bangalore. There, child custody was officially handed to the mother in the presence of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Assistant Commissioner of Police, and local police officials with an end to child custody case to a major matrimonial battle of a Multi-State operation which continues. Later Crimeophobia team also strategized child’s custody from the court in which a order was secured for the mother’s unconditional custody.

Case 2: Southern and Western India – Mumbai -Chennai Intercaste Conflict

A very different story played out between two childhood school lovers who had always planned to marry. However, once the girl’s parents discovered their intercaste relationship, they moved her from Mumbai to their native village in Tamil Nadu near Chennai. Upon learning that the girl was being forced into marriage, the boy took out a high-interest personal loan—nearly 45% per month—and flew twice to her village.

The girl’s family, anticipating trouble, had already arranged for the police to threaten the boy, and he was beaten during both attempts. Emotionally shattered, he returned to Mumbai and became volatile. The case was eventually brought to Criminologist Snehil Dhall for not just getting the couple together but also their protection once married.

After assessing their legal standing, it was confirmed that at the time of the incident both were barely of legal marriageable age—21 years for the boy under Maharashtra law. In India, adulthood (18 years) allows for a live-in relationship. The girl’s parents had already managed to conduct a forced marriage during the failed escape attempts.

During the third attempt, the girl revealed that although technically married under traditional but not legally married, she neither moved into her new husband’s house nor allowed any physical contact. She still wished to marry her childhood lover or else she would commit suicide.

This time, instead of sending the boy back to Tamil Nadu, the girl was helped locally to escape and reach Mumbai by train to avoid the boy getting murdered or the girl committing suicide. As directed by Crimeophobia Team, on arrival she immediately registered her arrival with the Railway Police, affirming it was by her own free will and the boy didn’t kidnap her. Crimeophobia facilitated the couple’s court marriage immediately, and the Tamil Nadu police and her parents were informed that the couple had been in a live-in relationship since the age of 18 who are now legally married as they are 21 years old

Since Indian law treats long-standing live-in relationships similar to marriage in multiple fronts, their relationship was protected. At 21, the couple was legally married, had their first child at 22, and the girl’s parents later moved to Mumbai, once again attempting to separate the legally married couple with a newborn child.

The girl, under parental pressure, was manipulated yet again into visiting the same Mumbai police station that had earlier acknowledged her legal marriage to Tamil Nadu Police. Divorce proceedings began, and with mutual consent and child custody documented by Crimeophobia, the case appeared to be closing.

However, in the midst of intense marital disputes, the couple were pregnant yet again. They conceived another child and their divorce was abandoned, the FIR withdrawn, and Criminologist Snehil Dhall stepped in again for marital counselling in the entire process. The couple now lives peacefully with their second child, in which they were married at 21, first child at 22 and second as 23 years of age.

Case 3: Western and Eastern India – The Maternal Obsession for not allowing Son’s marriage due to serial killer’s mental trauma

Marital disagreement isn’t always about the couple’s consent; sometimes, it stems from a parent’s unwillingness to let go. In this unusual case, a mother persistently discouraged her son from marrying, raising various objections against every girl he introduced. Her real fear, uncovered by Crimeophobia, stemmed from deep trauma: years earlier, her son had nearly fallen prey to a honeytrap gang led by a female serial killer. Criminologist Snehil Dhall had then saved his life and helped in decoding the woman’s intention, whose gang had killed several others before police finally took the threat seriously.

Since then, the mother feared every woman might be another serial killer. Her fears weren’t entirely baseless but had escalated into a psychological barrier. She successfully delayed her son’s marriage until his late 40s.

Frustrated, the son informed Crimeophobia that he intended to marry a woman from Eastern India and requested support to ensure a safe arrival in Mumbai—especially until his mother met his new wife. Interestingly, Criminologist Snehil Dhall personally received the newlyweds at the airport, closing a full-circle moment: a decade earlier, Crimeophobia had handled a background verification case involving another girl to protect the same son. Now, ten years later, the mission was to safeguard his new marriage from resistance by his own mother.

Back at home, the mother refused to vacate the bedroom, forcing the couple to sleep in the living room. After repeated counselling from the Criminologist, she finally accepted her daughter-in-law. The couple now lives with her, often indulging in humorous disputes—but no longer under the fear that the daughter-in-law is a threat. The woman still doesn’t know the real reason for the mother’s earlier hostility, however, their love story continues to be secured.

From one mother desperately fighting for her child’s custody, to another mother refusing to give custody of her son to his own wife—Crimeophobia has handled some of the most unique and emotionally charged cases in the realm of marital conflict. From forced marriage dramas to recovering custody from both traditionally married husbands and legally wedded ones, the firm has navigated love affairs across India’s east, west, north, and south.

These are not just marital disputes; they are high-stakes legal battles, deeply influenced by culture, consent, and the often unspoken fears and possessiveness of mothers.

For Crimeophobia, affairs of the heart never truly rest—they continuously evolve through complex phases of law, love, and lived reality. And while Cupid may aim the bow and arrow, in these cases, the arrow often represents the law, while the bow is firmly held by the Police and the Courts.