Karnataka HC Quashes Case Against Three Men Booked for Distributing Pamphlets Promoting Islam

Karnataka HC quashes case against three men booked for distributing pamphlets promoting Islam

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a first information report against three Muslim persons who were booked for distributing pamphlets promoting Islam at a Hindu temple in May, Live Law reported on Wednesday.In the order delivered on July 17, Justice Venkatesh Naik T said that the allegations did not amount to an offence under the state’s anti-conversion law, according to Bar and Bench.The case was registered on a complaint by a man who alleged…

Karnataka HC quashes FIR against 3 for preaching Islam in temple

The Karnataka High Court has quashed an FIR filed against three Muslim men who preached Islam and distributed pamphlets inside a Hindu temple

'Preaching Islam in temple not an offence': Karnataka HC

Karnataka HC’s ruling that preaching Islam inside a Hindu temple is not an offence raises grave concerns over judicial apathy towards temple sanctity and the growing threat to communal harmony.

'Distributing Islamic Pamphlets Near Temple Without Conversion Not a Crime’: Karnataka HC Quashes FIR

In a critical judgment reaffirming the right to religious expression, Dharwad Bench of the Karnataka High Court has quashed a criminal case against three Muslim men accused of promoting Islam and allegedly attempting to convert Hindus near a temple. The court held that merely distributing religious pamphlets or speaking about one’s faith in public spaces without evidence of coercion, inducement, or fraud does not constitute an offence under Karn…