“Act of inducing an innocent, poor woman and forcibly converting her is serious development: Karnataka HC rejects bail application of rape accused Rafiq”, Opindia, August 23, 2024:
“The Karnataka High Court has refused bail to a person from Belagavi who sexually assaulted and also forced a 28-year-old married Dalit woman to embrace Islam. He had induced her on the pretext of getting a job. According to Justice S. Rachaiah, it is inappropriate to grant the accused bail given the victim’s mental state and condition.
The 33-year-old accused Rafiq also known as Laalsab Bepari was charged with violations under the Indian Penal Code, Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Act and the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
A charge sheet had also been submitted by the police to the Sessions Court which denied his bail plea in May and he approached the high court. He is an agriculturist from a village in Savadatti taluk of Belagavi district…….”
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