By Sparsh Upadhyay
Sentencing a Muslim man to life imprisonment for repeatedly raping a Hindu girl, a UP Court recently explained ‘Love Jihad’ as an act whereinMuslim men’systematically target’ Hindu women for conversion to Islam through marriage and fraudulently marry Hindu women ‘under the pretence of love’ to convert them.
Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bareilly, Ravi Kumar Diwakar, in his 42-page order, noted that the main objective of ‘Love-Jihad’ is to establish supremacy/dominance over India by some ‘anarchist elements of a particular religion’ by waging demographic war and international conspiracy.
He also added that illegal conversions through ‘love jihad’ are done to fulfil some bigger objective and that if the Indian Government does not stop illegal conversion through ‘Love Jihad’ in time, then the country may have to suffer ‘severe consequences’ in the future.
“The crime of illegal conversion of Hindu girls by trapping them in love through love jihad is being carried out on a large scale by a rival gang i.e. syndicate, by brainwashing people belonging to the weaker sections of non-Muslims, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and OBC communities, women and children and by speaking ill of their religion, by making derogatory comments about the gods and goddesses, by applying psychological pressure and by luring them with various types of temptations like marriage, job etc., so that conditions like Pakistan and Bangladesh can be created in India too,” the Court’s order reads.
The court made these observations while sentencing Alam to life imprisonment (imprisonment for the remaining period of his natural life), finding him guilty under Sections 376 (2) (n), 323, 504, and 506 IPC and his father to two years of imprisonment under Section 504 IPC.
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