HC dismisses plea filed by Etah accused in unlawful conversion ordinance case

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed as withdrawn petitions filed by a Muslim man and his family from Etah who had prayed that the court grant protection to the accused in a case under the under the new unlawful conversion ordinance in Uttar Pradesh till their anticipatory bail application was decided by a lower court. Javed and 25 others, including his close relatives, were booked under Section 366 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 5 (3) of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, at Jalesar police station.