India, Feb. 16 -- A Pakistani court this month gave the custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl to the man who had kidnapped, converted her to Islam and married her, media reports said.

According to reports, Maria Shahbaz's parents were left heart broken after after the two-judge bench of the newly constituted Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) rejected her official birth record and disregarded earlier judicial findings that the marriage was illegal.

"We were hopeful that the court would consider the girl's official birth document (B-Form) and the sessions court order confirming that the accused had contracted an illegal marriage with a minor," Chaudhry said.

He said, "Even the investigating officer informed the court that no marriage ...