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- The court was hearing a case where it is alleged that 100 Hindus were converted to Islam by the accused.
- The accused argued that they too had changed their religion and could not, therefore, be booked in a religious conversion case.
- Justice Nirzar S Desai said the accused did not appear to be victims since they had themselves influenced and pressurised others to change religions.
The Gujarat High Court has declined to grant relief to several men accused of forced religious conversion, saying their argument that they could not be made the accused in such a case since they were themselves converts from another faith
In the case of Varyava Abdul Vahab Mahmood vs State Of Gujarat, Gujarat High CourtJustice Nirzar S Desai, while refusing to accept the accused were victims of religious conversion since they were earlier Hindus and had converted to Islam, said that the accused did not appear to be victims since they had themselves influenced and pressurised others to change religions.
“On account of their act of influencing and pressurising and alluring other persons to convert to Islam, as can be seen from the FIR as well as statements of the witnesses, of course, those allegations are prima facie in nature for which today, upon examination of material produced, the Court is of the view that conversion of the victims indicates that a prima facie offence is made out. Therefore, it cannot be accepted that those persons who are arraigned as accused who are originally Hindus and subsequently were converted to Islam, can be said to be the victims on account of allegations made in the FIR as well as the material collected during the course of investigation by way of charge-sheet papers,” the Court said
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