The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday granted permission to Indian national Uzma, who accused a Pakistani man of forcibly marrying her, to return to her country, Pakistan-based Geo TV reported.

The court ordered that police to provide security to the Indian woman till the Wagah Border Crossing.

Her husband Tahir Ali had expressed his desire to meet Uzma in private to which the court said that could hold a meeting in his chamber. However, Uzma refused to meet him.

Uzmas lawyer Malik Shah Nawaz Noon and First Secretary to the Indian High Commission Piyush Singh filed the petition on her behalf in the high court stating that her husband Tahir Ali had deceived her as he was already married, and that he stole her passport and other travel documents.

She has alleged that she was sexually abused after her forced marriage to a Pakistani man at gunpoint.

In her statement, recorded before a magistrate, Uzma has said that she came to Pakistan to see her relatives and not to marry Ali. She has said she did not know Ali was already married and had four children.

However, Ali said she knew about his marriage and children. He said he had told her about his family and that he lived in mountains away from the main cities.

Uzma, 20, has been staying at the Indian mission in Islamabad and refused to leave the high commission premises until she is repatriated to India.

The petition sought security for her journey back to India via the Wagah border and requested that her husband is restrained from harassing her, the Dawn reported.