First case under anti-conversion law registered in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly
- With this, Uttar Pradesh has registered its first case under the new anti-conversion law on a complaint from the father of a young woman
Day after UP ordinance on unlawful conversion was promulgated after the approval of state Governor Anandiben Patel, a case under anti-love jihad law was registered at Deorania Police station of Bareilly on Sunday.
With this, Uttar Pradesh has registered its first case under the new anti-conversion law on a complaint from the father of a young woman.
The case, registered at the Devarniyan police station in Bareilly district, was filed against a man who has been accused of forcing a woman to convert to Islam.
In a statement issued here on Sunday, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said that a case was registered by Tikaram, a resident of Sharif Nagar village under Devarniyan police station (in Bareilly), who accused a man -- Uvaish Ahmed -- of the same village of trying to convert his daughter through "allurement" (bahla-phuslaakar).
The case was registered against Uvaish Ahmed under IPC and the new anti-conversion law, reports news agency PTI.
UP Guv gives assent to ordinance on 'unlawful conversion'
On Saturday, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel gave assent to an ordinance against forcible or fraudulent religious conversions that provides for imprisonment up to 10 years and a maximum fine of ₹50,000 under different categories.
The promulgation of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, came four days after the Yogi Adityanath government approved the draft of the legislation which also curbs religious conversions only for the sake of marriage.
Under the law which deals with different categories of offences, a marriage will be declared "null and void" if the conversion of a woman is solely for that purpose, and those wishing to change their religion after marriage need to apply to the district magistrate.
The ordinance mainly envisages that no person shall convert, either directly or indirectly from one religion to another by use or practice of misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement or by any fraudulent means or by marriage nor shall any person abet, convince or conspire such conversion.
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First Published:29 Nov 2020, 01:31 PM IST
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