The Allahabad High Court just lately denied anticipatory bail to a person accused in a case filed over allegations of luring 90 Hindus for illegal conversion to Christianity by providing them financial and different advantages.

The bench of Justice Jyotsna Sharma rejected the anticipatory bail utility filed by Bhanu Pratap Singh.

The FIR within the case was lodged by complainant Himanshu Dixit who alleged that on April 15, 2022, round 90 Hindus had congregated on the Evangelical Church of India, Hariharganj, Fatehpur, for the aim of their conversion to Christianity.

When this data was obtained, authorities officers reached the place and interrogated the pastor–Vijay Massiah– who disclosed that the method for conversion was occurring for the final 34 days and would full inside 40 days.

The authorities officers discovered 35 individuals (named within the FIR) and 20 unknown individuals as having been concerned on this conversion matter.

The allegations in opposition to the accused additionally included that that they had been making an attempt to convert even sufferers admitted to the Mission Hospital and staff of the institute performed an lively function in it.

The FIR was registered underneath sections 153A, 506, 420, 467, and 468 of the Indian Penal Code and part 3/5(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020.

Pressing for Singh’s pre-arrest bail, his counsel argued that he had been falsely implicated within the case. The counsel additionally put forth the argument that the co-accused within the case had already been granted anticipatory bail.

However, the courtroom discovered that as per the file positioned earlier than it, 26 individuals had been arrested on the spot amongst whom Singh was one.

The HC additional famous that one of the witnesses in his assertion underneath part 161 of CrPC had stated that in the course of the medical therapy of one of his relations, he bought acquainted with a girl named Lily See, who suggested him to convert to Christianity, for after that he could be given medical help free of price all his life and his youngsters can be given jobs in addition to cash.

The witness had additionally said that Lily See then took him to the Evangelical Church of India, Hariharganj, and launched him to the accused individuals together with Singh’s spouse.

Apart from that, the witness had stated that on the day this incident occurred, there have been about 60-70 individuals of one group who had been being lured to convert on the identical sort of assurances by the accused individuals.

The HC additional famous that comparable statements had been given by the opposite witnesses as nicely. Therefore, stating that anticipatory bail is a unprecedented treatment to be exercised in appropriate instances solely, the courtroom rejected Singh’s plea.

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