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NEW DELHI — The first Christian charged under an “anti-conversion” law has now become the first to be acquitted under the Uttarakhand state statute following a four-year legal battle.

Judicial Magistrate Anju (who uses only one name) of the Ramnagar Court in Nainital District delivered the acquittal order on Sept. 17, clearing Pastor Nandan Singh, also named as Narendra Singh and popularly known as Pastor Nandan Singh Bisht, of all charges under Sections 3 and 5 of the Religious Freedom Act, 2018.

“It was the first such acquittal since the legislation came into force in 2018,” said Rajesh Kumar, a friend of Pastor Bisht, who added that he was the first Christian arrested in Uttarakhand under the law four years ago.”

The pastor’s legal ordeal began on Oct. 2, 2021, when he an

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