Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday has granted bail to a Muslim man accused of kidnapping and raping a Hindu girl.
While granting bail to accused Javed Alam, Justice Sameer Jain stated in her statement, that the girl had crossed the age of 17 when the FIR was lodged and that she went with him and married him willingly.
During the course of hearing, the counsel appearing for the girl said that she didn’t have any objection if the applicant was released on bail.
The 2 had a dispute during a train journey and a Bajrang Dal member lodged a police complaint against Alam, alleging that he kidnapped the girl, a student of class 10.
As per the complaint, Alam also made the girl change her religion.
Furthermore, the FIR in the case was lodged under sections 363 (kidnapping), 366 (kidnapping to compel marriage), 506 (criminal intimidation), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Moreover, the accused was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021.
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