FIR in Alleged Conversion Case Quashed; Police Rebuked for ‘Vexatious’ Action and Immediate Release Ordered: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, has quashed an FIR registered against a Bahraich-based man and others, who were accused of abducting and forcibly converting a woman. The division bench comprising Justice Abdul Moin and Justice Babita Rani observed that the case was “a glaring example of authorities scrambling to score brownie points,” especially when the woman herself consistently denied the allegations. The FIR was registered under Section 140(1) of…
