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Yogi-led UP Govt Cracks Down on Illegal Religious Conversions: 835 Cases Filed, 1,682 Arrested In 4 Year

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August 12, 2024

The enforcement of Uttar Pradesh’s law against illegal religious conversions has led to significant legal action, but cases continue to emerge. The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act was incepted in 2020, and the law came into action in the year 2021. Since 2020, the state has registered 835 cases of illegal conversions, resulting in the arrest of 1,682 individuals as of July 31, 2024. The most significant actions have been reported in the Ghaziabad Commissionerate, Ambedkarnagar, Bhadohi, Saharanpur, and Shahjahanpur.

Director General of Police (DGP) Prashant Kumar stated that senior officers were closely monitoring the investigations into these cases to ensure thorough scrutiny and enforcement. As part of the ongoing crackdown on illegal religious conversions in the state, the investigation is still active in 17 cases, according to Kumar. He emphasised that police officers had been directed to act based on solid evidence, ensuring that those who used allurement and illegal means for conversion would not be spared. Action will be taken against them, he said.

To date, chargesheets have been filed in approximately 98% of the cases, amounting to around 818 cases, with 17 cases still under investigation. In total, 2,708 individuals have been named across the 835 cases. Authorities have exonerated 124 individuals who were found to have no involvement, while 70 others have surrendered to the courts. Four cases have already resulted in convictions.

DGP Kumar stated that measures were in place to ensure no innocent person was wrongfully harassed. “All cases related to the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act are being closely monitored at the headquarters level,” he further added.

In one notable case, Sitapur resident Jubrail, who was booked under the law in December last year, remains absconding, with his properties recently confiscated. Conversely, Afzal from Amroha has been sentenced to five years in prison and fined Rs 40,000.

Additionally, a recent case involves a Muslim woman from Lucknow who accused her husband Ashraf, a shrine head in Karnataka, of engaging in a love jihad campaign under the anti-conversion laws. This case has been transferred to Bengaluru for further investigation. Another case involves a couple, along with Brazilian tourists, who were charged with compelling people to convert to Christianity in Sitapur.

The government-aided Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Science (SHUATS) in Prayagraj also faced legal challenges. The Fatehpur police have filed an FIR against eight university officials, including the vice-chancellor and two pro-vice-chancellors, for criminal conspiracy and violations under the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act. The case has further intensified the scrutiny surrounding the university.
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India — As of this week, a newly enacted anti-conversion law requires people in India’s Rajasthan state to give two months’ notice to the government if they plan to change their religion voluntarily.

Further, the “converter,” or the person performing the conversion ceremony, must also give the government a month’s notice of his intention to perform the ceremony.

The Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2025, has made the procedures for conversions exhaustive and lengthy to stop unlawful conversions. Failure to involve government authorities in voluntary religious conversions could lead to up to three years in jail and a minimum fine of 10,000 rupees ($115).

The new law states that a prescribed declaration form should be submitted to the District Magistrate (DM) or the relevant authority 60 days before the person wants to convert voluntarily.

If the converter violates the law, it could lead to up to five years imprisonment and a minimum fine of 25,000 rupees ($289).
An officer not below the rank of Additional DM will “get an inquiry conducted through police with regard to real intention, purpose, and cause of the proposed religious conversion.”

Then, within 60 days of conversion, the converted person must send a declaration in a prescribed form to the DM. A copy of this declaration must be displayed on the notice board of the DM’s office until the date of confirmation.

Finally, the convert must appear before the DM within 21 days of filing the declaration to establish their identity and confirm the declaration’s contents.

According to lawmakers, unlawful religious conversions through coercion, force, allurement, or fraud, with allurement including cash, material benefits, employment, free education, and even inter-religious marriages, are taking place. This law aims to curb these so-called malpractices.

The anti-conversion law states that the burden of proof lies on the person who has “caused” the conversion. This is a reversal of the principle of assumption of innocence, which normally applies to the accused person in a criminal case.

Rajasthan joins 11 other Indian states that have passed anti-conversion laws. These include Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.

Various offenses under the law are cognizable and non-bailable, which could result in harassment of innocent individuals, says Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), which has long acted as a safeguarding organization for the human rights of Indian citizens.
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