In Malegaon, Maharashtra, India, the judge handed down a unique punishment for assaulting and fighting. An Indian Sikh judge set a precedent by sentencing a Muslim accused.
The incident took place in April 2010 when the autorickshaw of a man named Rauf Khan collided with a parked motorcycle and the two got into an argument, the police alleged that Rauf Khan abused the complainant and hit him with a knife, injuring him.
Thirteen years later, Magistrate Tejwant Singh Sindhu, while pronouncing the verdict in the case, ordered Rauf Umar to plant 2 trees in the premises of the mosque located at the site of the accident and take care of them instead of punishing him under Section 323.
Magistrate Tejwant Singh Sindhu, who delivered the verdict, ordered the 30-year-old accused Rauf Umar Khan to offer five daily prayers regularly for the next 21 days.
The judge also stated in the verdict that the accused will take care of 2 planted crosses in a nearby mosque as an atonement for his actions.
