{
  "id": 7034312,
  "title": "From different faiths, they went to court to marry. He was assaulted, arrested – and now acquitted",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/from-different-faiths-they-went-to-court-to-marry-he-was-assaulted",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T01:25:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/from-different-faiths-they-went-to-court-to-marry-he-was-assaulted-arrested-and-now-acquitted-10875628/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Saiyyad Khan and his partner, both from different faiths, chose to marry in Madhya Pradesh's Narmadapuram district on February 7, 2025. They sought legal assistance to marry under the Special Marriage Act. However, their court appearance turned violent when a group of lawyers assaulted Khan inside the Bhopal district court. Khan was subsequently arrested and charged with forcing his partner to convert to Islam and marry him. Despite the charges, Khan was acquitted by the Narmadapuram district court on September 8 after the main witnesses, including the woman and her family, did not back the prosecution's case. The 26-year-old expressed relief at the verdict but lamented the loss of his job and his fiancée's marriage to another man, as well as the physical and social repercussions he and his family faced.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Saiyyad Khan and partner, different faiths, married in Narmadapuram district on 7 February 2025",
    "Lawyers assaulted Khan in Bhopal district court, arrested and charged with forced conversion",
    "Khan acquitted on 8 September after witnesses did not support prosecution"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The acquittal shifts the spotlight from Khan's legal troubles to the broader, fraught context of interfaith marriage in the region, where societal and professional costs can be steep.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express - India",
        "title": "From different faiths, they went to court to marry. He was assaulted, arrested – and now acquitted",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/from-different-faiths-they-went-to-court-to-marry-he-was-assaulted-7036350",
        "published": "2026-09-13T01:25:22.000Z"
      }
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}