A 22-year-old Muslim man who was allegedly assaulted at a Bhopal court before his planned interfaith marriage has been acquitted by a district court in a case under the MP Freedom of Religion Act, 2021, according to the court order released on Saturday.
The prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accused pressured the woman for conversion or marriage by fraudulent means. SHruti tomar Sayyed Khan, a Pipariya resident, had reached Bhopal district court on February 7, 2025, to marry a Hindu woman from his village. He was later taken to MP Nagar police station, where he was allegedly assaulted again, and subsequently booked by Bankhedi police under Sections 3 and 5 of the Act, said RS Rajput, additional public prosecutor. Khan was then arrested on February 15 and later was out on bail. Khan was acquitted of the charges on September 2, said additional public prosecutor.
The district and additional session judge Archana Raghuvanshi said, “There were serious contradictions between witness statements.
Before the marriage, members of right wing organisations allegedly attacked him inside the court.
