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ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL
Ajeem – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Rohit Ranjan Agarwal, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned AGA for the State.
2. By means of this application, applicant, who is involved in Case Crime No. 223 of 2024, under Sections 323/504/506 IPC and Section 3/5(1) U.P. Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, Police Station Kotwali, District Budaun, seeks enlargement on bail during the pendency of trial.
3. The prosecution story, as unfolded from the FIR, is that the applicant had made videos of the informant and was blackmailing her. He had sexually exploited the informant and was pressuring her to marry with him. The informant was living with the applicant and she was being forced to accept Islam, and also to eat non-vegetarian foods. She was also asked to wear clothes as worn by Muslims.
4. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that he has been falsely implicated in the present case and the informant was in love with the applicant and she had left on her own. Earlier, an FIR was registered as Case Crime No. 254 of 2023 in which the statement under Section 161 CrPC was recorded wherein she had admitted the fact that she had solemnized marriage with the applicant. Lea
Coercion in religious conversion violates individual rights and statutory provisions, justifying the rejection of bail.
Article 25 of the Constitution does not permit conversion from one religion to another, emphasizing the right to propagate one's faith without infringing on others' beliefs.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the provisions of Section 3 of the Act of 2021, which prohibit conversion from one religion to another by use of misrepresentation, force, und....
The court established that the severity of sexual offenses against women warrants strict scrutiny in bail applications to ensure societal protection.
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