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COURT NO.10

SECTION X

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Criminal)

No(s).

I N D I A

142/2016

AMAN BEG

Petitioner(s) VERSUS

THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH & ORS.

Respondent(s)

(IA No.112609/2017-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) Date : 03-11-2017 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT For Petitioner(s)

Mr. N.S. Dalal, Adv. Mr. Toral Banerjee, Adv. Mr. R. C. Kaushik, AOR

For Respondent(s)

Mr. Sunny Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR Mr. Kaustubh Anshuraj, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R The claim of the petitioner is that he was married to daughter of respondent no.4 after converting his religion. However, respondent No.4 claims that his daughter was minor at the time of marriage and on that version the police separated the couple. According to the petitioner, daughter of respondent No.4 was not juvenile and they were illegally separated. Learned counsel for respondent No.4 states that there is no valid conversion of the petitioner and it remains a disputed question.

Signature Not Verified

He

has

also

relied

upon

Madhya

Pradesh

Freedom

of

Digitally signed by SWETA DHYANI Date: 2017.11.06 16:37:19 IST Reason:

Religion Act, 1968 which requires a procedure for conversion of religion. Whether

the

petitioner

has

factually

converted

his

religion and whether conversion only to marriage is in accordance

WWW.LIVELAW.IN 2 with law is a dispute which require adjudication. In absence of such

adjudication,

it

is

not

possible

to

accept

that

a

valid

marriage has taken place between the petitioner and the daughter of respondent No.4 so as to grant the relief sought. Accordingly,

this

petition

is

dismissed

without

prejudice to any other remedy in accordance with law.. Pending applications, if any, shall also stand disposed of.

(SWETA DHYANI) SENIOR PERSONAL ASSISTANT

(SUMAN JAIN) BRANCH OFFICER