Delhi HC Acquits Muslim Man After 18 Years, Says Hindu Woman Filed Rape, Kidnapping Case Under Family Pressure

Interfaith Marriage: Muslim Bindi Seller Acquitted After 18-Year Legal Ordeal

Quasim spent about two years in jail and he spent over two decades of his youth with the stigma of criminal proceedings NEW DELHI — After an 18-year legal ordeal, the Delhi High Court has acquitted Mohammad Quasim, a bindi seller from the national capital, overturning his 2008 conviction for kidnapping and rape in a case rooted in his interfaith marriage. The acquittal exposes systemic failures that cost Quasim nearly two years in jail and two d…

Delhi HC Acquits Muslim Man After 18 Years, Says Hindu Woman Filed Rape, Kidnapping Case Under Family Pressure

The Delhi High Court has acquitted Mohammad Quasim, a Delhi-based bindi seller, in a 2004 kidnapping and rape case linked to his interfaith marriage with a Hindu woman. The court said the woman had willingly married Quasim and later changed her testimony due to “social or parental pressure”. Justice Vimal Kumar Yadav overturned Quasim’s 2008 conviction, bringing an end to an 18-year legal battle that saw him spend nearly two years in jail. Court…