“After the girl recorded her statement, the judge accepted Liaqat’s post-arrest bail application,” he told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. The activist questioned why the sessions court proceeded to grant custody and bail before the medical examination had been completed. “The Federal Shariat Court has made it clear that marriage in Islam is not determined solely by biological puberty or the capacity for sexual relations,” he said. He also disputed the FCC’s conclusion that while the Child Marriage Restraint Act criminalizes child marriage, it does not render such marriages legally void. On Feb. 3, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the marriage was valid and ordered that she remain in Ahmad’s custody.