Justice M. Nagaprasanna of the Karnataka High Court on June 12 declined to quash a first information report accusing Syed Shoaib of rape and coercive religious conversion, ruling that the facts require a full police investigation.
The complainant told investigators that Shoaib staged a fraudulent wedding ceremony in 2019, pressured her to convert, and subjected her to repeated sexual assault over subsequent years.
She also alleged that she was forced to undergo two abortions during the relationship, claims Shoaib’s counsel argued were insufficient to sustain criminal proceedings at this stage.
The bench rejected the petition to cancel the FIR, holding that medical exploitation and conversion allegations cannot be dismissed without recording witness statements and forensic evidence.
The case returns to trial court supervision while detectives continue inquiries, with women’s rights advocates citing the order as reaffirming that quashing petitions cannot short-circuit serious sexual-offence probes.
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https://indianexpress.com/article/legal-news/karnataka-hc-refuses-quash-rape-conversion-case-fir-investigation-10737905/