In May 2017, the Kerala High Court annulled a marriage of a converted Hindu woman Akhila

alias Hadia to a Muslim man Shafeen Jahan on the grounds that the bride's parents were not
present or gave consent for the marriage, after allegations by her father of conversion and
marriage at behest of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. It ordered the DGP of Kerala to investigate
cases of "love jihad" and probe incidents of forced conversion emphasising "the existence of an
organisational setup functioning behind the scenes of such cases of 'love jihad' and conversions."
The decision was apparently taken based on large number of radicalised youths from Kerala
joining ISIS. It also observed, "Are there any radical organisations involved, are questions that
plague an inquisitive mind. But sadly, there are no answers available in this case." The father had
claimed that her daughter had been radicalised and influenced to marry a Muslim man by some
organisations so she no longer remained in her parents' custody.

The woman's father Ashokan Mani had earlier filed a habeas corpus petition in January 2016
after she disappeared from the campus where she studied. He alleged his daughter was forcefully
converted to Islam and his family were reportedly told by her that she was being held against her
will by two of her classmates Jaseena Aboobacker and her sister Faseena. However after she was
found, Akhila claimed that she was following Islam since 2012 and left her home out of her own
will. She also stated that she was not under any confinement against her free will. She stated that
she had come under the religion's influence after hearing its teachings from her roommates. She
said that she had joined a course run by Tharibathul Islam Sabha, Kotakkal to learn Islam. In her
affidavit, she stated she lived with Aboobacker for a brief period and then shifted to Satyasarani's
hostel in Manjeri, an institution allegedly promoting conversion to Islam and reported to be
closely connected with Popular Front of India. The institution introduced her to Sainaba
in Ernakulum with whom she lived with after her father filed the petition. The court allowed her
to stay with Sainaba and later dismissed Ashokan's petition in June 2016 after she produced
records of her admission to Satyasarani. Two months later, he filed another petition and alleged
that her daughter was converted at the behest of ISIS and feared she may be taken to join it in
Afghanistan, citing cases of two Kerala women joining the group after conversion and marriage
to Muslim men. By December, Akhila had married Shafeen and Ashokan's petition came up for
hearing in January 2017. Akhila showed the marriage certificate and marriage registration
certificate, but it was annulled.
The decision of the court was challenged by Shafeen Jahan in the Supreme Court of India in July
2017. Shafin had met her with his family in August 2016 in response to her advertisement on a
matrimonial website. The Supreme Court began hearing the case on 4 August 2017. The counsel
of the father of the woman alleged she had been psychologically indoctrinated. The Supreme
Court meanwhile sought response from the National Investigating Agency (NIA) and the Kerala
government. It ordered a NIA probe headed by former SC Judge R.V. Raveendram on 16 August
while the NIA had earlier submitted that the woman's conversion and marriage was not
"isolated" and it had detected a pattern emerging in the state, stating they came across another
case involving the same people. The NIA has stated that the husband in this case was allegedly in
touch with two individuals charged in another Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant related case
and that one of these individuals may have coordinated the marriage.