UP: First case registered under anti-conversion law in Bareilly district
Uttar Pradesh has registered its first case under the new anti-conversion law in Bareilly district after the father of young woman complained.
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The officials said that the case was registered at the Devarniyan police station in Bareilly district on Saturday.
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.
Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel had given assent to an ordinance against forcible or fraudulent religious conversions that provides for imprisonment up to 10 years and a maximum fine of Rs 50,000 under different categories.
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.
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The ordinance mainly states 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.
-PTC News
