Rajendra Bihari Lal vs State of Uttar Pradesh

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2025 Supreme(SC) 1831

J. B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA
Rajendra Bihari Lal – Appellant
Versus
State of Uttar Pradesh – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For Petitioner(s): Ms. Payoshi Roy, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha, Adv. Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. Bharathimohan M., Adv. Mr. Bharathimohan M, Adv. Mr. V. Swetha, Adv. Ms. V. Swetha, Adv. Mr. Vairawan A.s, AOR Mr. Vikash Chandra Shukla, AOR Mr. Aishvary Vikram, Adv. Mr. Lakshya Siddheshwar Pandey, Adv. Ms. Isha Barshiliya, Adv. Ms. Mukta Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Manish Gandhi, Adv. Mr. Dhiraj Abraham Philip, AOR Mr. Febin Mathew Varghese, Adv. Ms. Nitya Gupta, Adv. Ms. Namrata Mohapatra, Adv. Ms. Achalika Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Dave, Sr. Adv. Ms. Jemtiben A.o, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Sharma, AOR Ms. Rebecca M. John, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Agarwal, Sr. Adv. Mr. C.u. Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanbha Rumnong, Adv. Mr. M.f. Philip, Adv. Mr. M. F. Philip, Adv. Ms. Lija Merin John, Adv. Ms. Purnima Krishna, AOR Mr. Karamveer Singh Yadav, Adv. Mr. Togin M. Babichen, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General for India Mr. Adarsh Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Divyanshu Sahay, Adv. Mr. Amit Singh, Adv. Mr. Aman Pathak, Adv. Mr. Ajay Prajapati, Adv. Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv. Ms. Oorjasvi Goswami, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Kumari, Adv. Mr. Shashank Pachauri, Adv. Ms. Nidhi, AOR

Table of Content
1. final conclusions on quashing of specific firs (Para 1 , 161)
2. overview of the case involving multiple firs (Para 2 , 4)
3. impugned judgments summary from the high court (Para 6 , 17 , 18 , 19)
4. details of firs related to alleged mass conversion (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10)
5. parties' submissions regarding legality of firs (Para 26 , 27 , 28)

JUDGMENT :

For the convenience of exposition, this judgment is divided into the following parts:

1. Leave granted in SLP(Crl) Nos. 7233-7235/2023, SLP(Crl) No. 7380/2023, SLP(Crl) No. 10187/2023, SLP(Crl) No. 13679/2023, SLP(Crl) Nos. 13231- 13232/2023, SLP(Crl) Nos. 15251-15254/2023, SLP(Crl) No. 3818/2023 & SLP(Crl) No. 10555/2024.

S. No.	FIR No.	Date of Registration	Police Station	Provisions
1.	224/2022	15.04.2022	Kotwali, District Fatehpur	Section 153-A, 506, 420, 467, 468 of IPC and Section 3 r/w 5(1) of the U.P. Conversion Act
2.	47/2023	20.01.2023	Kotwali, District Fatehpur	Section 120-B of IPC and Section 3 r/w 5(1) of the U.P. Conversion Act
3.	54/2023	23.01.2023	Kotwali, District Fatehpur	Section(s) 420

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2025 Supreme(SC) 1831

J. B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRARajendra Bihari Lal – AppellantVersusState of Uttar Pradesh – Respondent

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J. B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA
Rajendra Bihari Lal – Appellant
Versus
State of Uttar Pradesh – Respondent