By Maktoob
A Bhopal sessions court has acquitted a 26-year-old Muslim man in a case registered under the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act after the prosecution failed to substantiate allegations of forced religious conversion, fraud or coercion.
The case against Saiyyad Khan was registered under the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act after police alleged that Khan had used a false identity to marry a Hindu woman and had pressured her to convert to Islam.
On February 7, 2025, Saiyyad Khan and his partner, who belonged to different religious communities, travelled from Madhya Pradesh’s Narmadapuram district to Bhopal to marry under the Special Marriage Act.
However, inside the Bhopal district court, Khan was allegedly assaulted by a group of lawyers. He was later arrested on allegations that he had forced his partner to convert to Islam and marry him.
Khan and the woman were reportedly neighbours who later became friends and fell in love.
Following the incident, Khan was taken to a police station and subsequently booked under provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act.
The police alleged that he had concealed his religious identity, used a false name and pressured the woman to marry him, change her name and convert to Islam.
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