In Brief
This criminal appeal arose from prosecution under anti-conversion laws and inflammatory speech statutes. The appellant was accused of forcibly converting a man named Dharmendar Dohar to Christianity. However, the key prosecution witness—the alleged convert himself—denied in court that any conversion occurred and stated his signatures were obtained without consent by others. The High Court had quashed proceedings for offences under IPC Sections 153(B)(1) and 295-A due to lack of sanction, but upheld charges under the State's anti-conversion law. The Supreme Court held that with the sole prosecution witness contradicting the allegations and no other evidence, the proceedings lacked evidentiary foundation. The appeal was allowed and all proceedings were quashed.
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