Prayagraj: Citing an earlier High Court order that ‘conversion merely to marry is unacceptable’, a single bench of the Allahabad High Court dismissed the bail plea of a man accused of illegally converting a girl into marriage. Did it
Justice while rejecting the bail application of Javed from Etah district of UP Shekhar Kumar Yadav said that although Article 25(1) Indian Constitution Provides the right to freedom of religion and every adult citizen of the country is free to change his religion and can marry any adult citizen, it does not mean that a person can be converted by greed or fear .
In which case did the court refer to the apex court’s decision in its decision? Lily Thomas, in which the top court said that without believing IslamThe conversion of a non-Muslim merely to marry is void. “Further, in the case of the Allahabad High Court Noor Jahan Begum alias Anjali v State of UP has held that conversion only to marry is unacceptable,” the court said.
The victim gave a statement before the magistrate that she was asked to sign on a blank paper and a paper written in Urdu and later she came to know that the bail applicant is already married. The prosecution had alleged that the girl was illegally converted for the sole purpose of marrying the bail petitioner.
On the other hand, the petitioner submitted that both the parties were adults and the girl had changed her religion of her own free will and got married.
The HC also said that there is no place for religious bigotry, greed and fear in the country, but if a person from the majority community changes his religion after being insulted, the country becomes weak and divisive forces get its benefits. . .
Justice while rejecting the bail application of Javed from Etah district of UP Shekhar Kumar Yadav said that although Article 25(1) Indian Constitution Provides the right to freedom of religion and every adult citizen of the country is free to change his religion and can marry any adult citizen, it does not mean that a person can be converted by greed or fear .
In which case did the court refer to the apex court’s decision in its decision? Lily Thomas, in which the top court said that without believing IslamThe conversion of a non-Muslim merely to marry is void. “Further, in the case of the Allahabad High Court Noor Jahan Begum alias Anjali v State of UP has held that conversion only to marry is unacceptable,” the court said.
The victim gave a statement before the magistrate that she was asked to sign on a blank paper and a paper written in Urdu and later she came to know that the bail applicant is already married. The prosecution had alleged that the girl was illegally converted for the sole purpose of marrying the bail petitioner.
On the other hand, the petitioner submitted that both the parties were adults and the girl had changed her religion of her own free will and got married.
The HC also said that there is no place for religious bigotry, greed and fear in the country, but if a person from the majority community changes his religion after being insulted, the country becomes weak and divisive forces get its benefits. . .
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