Conversion insistence not religious insult: Bombay HC

Nagpur, Oct 13 (UNI) The Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench has quashed criminal proceedings against four Amravati residents accused of pressuring a Hindu couple to embrace Christianity, observing that promoting one's religion does not, by itself, amount to outraging the religious sentiments of any community. Justice M W Chandwani, in an order dated October 6, held that although the allegations suggested that the accused had pressured the complainant and his wife to convert, there was no material to establish that they had insulted any religion or hurt the religious beliefs of a particular class of citizens. According to the prosecution,…