US EditionAllahabad HC: Quashes FIR under draconian UP ‘Anti-Conversion Act’, warns state authorities against lodging 'Mimeographic Style' FIRs
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The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on December 2, 2025, quashed an FIR registered under stringent sections of the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Conversion Act, 2021. The division bench comprising Justice Abdul Moin and Justice Babita Rani also warned state authorities against issuing orders in a “mimeographic style”[1]. The division bench made this remark while quashing a “false” FIR lodged by a police officer in Pratapgarh district against Sabi…
Allahabad HC: Quashes FIR under draconian UP ‘Anti-Conversion Act’, warns state authorities against lodging 'Mimeographic Style' FIRs
Apart from quashing the FIR lodged in April 2025 that was patently motivated, the Division Bench held the State to account by asserting its constitutional role and requiring the Principal Secretary (Home) to file a personal affidavit explaining the conduct of the Pratapgarh police
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