The dominant population of the nation may someday become a minority if the present tendency of conversions during religious gatherings is allowed to continue, according to the allahabad High Court. The religious assemblies where conversions are taking place and indian citizens' religions are being altered have to be shut down right away, according to a bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal.
 
"This process should be stopped immediately where conversion is occurring and changing the religion of indian citizens because if it is allowed to continue, the majority population of this country will one day be in the minority," the court said.
 
The court also stated that these conversions violate Article 25 of the indian Constitution, which "only provides freedom of conscience and free profession, practice, and propagation of religion" and "does not provide for religious conversion."

Article 25 of the indian Constitution guarantees the freedom of conscience as well as the freedom to practice, profess, and spread one's religion; however, it makes no provisions for conversion from one faith to another. The court ruled that the definition of the word "propagation" is "to promote," not "to convert any person from his religion to another religion."
 
Crucially, the bench also stated that it has learned from many cases that the State of Uttar Pradesh is seeing a "rampant pace" of illegal Christian conversions among members of the SC/ST caste and other economically marginalized groups.
 
The UP police have charged Kailash under Section 365 IPC and Section 3/5(1) of the U.P. Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of religion Act, 2021, because he brought villagers to a social gathering in delhi and helped convert them to Christianity. The court noted these points while denying Kailash's bail request.
 
The informant was told by the applicant that her brother, who was mentally sick, would receive treatment and be back in his hometown in a week. But in the end, he was converted to Christianity. The petitioner was the target of a formal complaint alleging that he had won several individuals over to Christianity.
 
 
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SIBY JEYYA

02/07/2024 10:16 AM