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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 19893 of 2025 Court No. - 47 HON'BLE SIDDHARTH, J.
HON'BLE SANTOSH RAI, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner; Sri Bed Prakash Rai, learned counsel for respondent no.4 and learned AGA for State-respondents.
2. The present writ petition has been preferred with the prayer to quash the impugned First Information Report dated 30.08.2025 registered as Case Crime No.0139 of 2025, under Section 87 B.N.S., 2023, Police Station Birno, District Ghazipur and for a direction to the respondents not to arrest the petitioner in pursuance of impugned First Information Report.
3. Sri Bed Prakash Rai, learned counsel for respondent no.4 informs that petitioner is marred man having two children. He further submitted that daughter of respondent no.4, has not yet been recovered. Both the victim and petitioner belong different faith, therefore, they cannot marry in view of U. P. Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021.
4. The petitioner claims that he has married the victim but there is no evidence that marriage has been solemnized as per Special Marriage Act, 1954.
5. In view of U. P. Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 they cannot marry.
6. Hence, the instant petition is dismissed.
7. Registrar (Compliance) is directed to communicate this order to respondent nos. 2 to 3 within a week. September 22, 2025/Asha Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Lal Behari Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : Bed Prakash Rai, G.A. (Santosh Rai,J.) (Siddharth,J.) Zamshed .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- ASHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- ASHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- ASHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- ASHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad