On May 23, 2013, Chhota Devi from Rajasthan was married off when she was just 14-year-old. She faced threats from her husband and in-laws, was terrorised by caste-panchayat and was thrown out of the house by her parents. She also had to drop out of college following a scare. 
Eventually, Devi learned to work at a ticket counter of a cinema hall. Almost eight years later, a local court in Jodhpur last week finally nullified her child marriage with Mahendra Sihag.
According to Devi, now 21, Sihag is 'a good for nothing drunkard'. Devi said she does not know Sihag's exact age but recalls that he was around 23 back in 2013.
"I was in Class IX when I was married off along with my two adult sisters and two cousin sisters, who were still underage and way younger than me," said Devi.
As she finished schooling, she was asked to come back home. Her husband was himself unlettered and drunkard. When she decided not to stay with him, he started threatening her and her family and asked for money.
In 2018, she filed a court case. Invoking section 3(1) of the Child Marriage Act, the Jodhpur District Family Court held the marriage void.
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