Allahabad High Court flags lodging of ‘fake FIRs’ under anti-conversion law in Uttar Pradesh

The Allahabad High Court expressed serious concern over the lodging of “false, fake and frivolous FIRs” under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religions Act, 2021, and observed a “disturbing pattern” of abuse of the law by the police and third-party complainants.

The observations were made by the Division Bench comprising Justice Abdul Moin and Justice Pramod Kumar Srivastava on April 13 while hearing a petition filed by a Muslim man against whom an FIR was filed citing provisions of the anti-conversion law.