Today, 5th April, The Supreme Court granted bail to defendant in Religious Conversion Case. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, along with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, led the Supreme Court in granting bail to Ram Sewak from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, in a religious conversion case. The bail bond limited at a maximum of Rs 25,000, and additional bail conditions were deferred to the trial court.
New Delhi: Today 5th April, The Supreme Court granted bail to an individual who, along with Rajendra Bihari Lal, the vice chancellor of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS) in Uttar Pradesh, was under investigation in a criminal case related to alleged illegal religious conversions.
A panel consisting of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra set the bail bond amount for accused Ram Sewak, a resident of Indore in Madhya Pradesh, at a maximum of Rs 25,000. The Supreme Court stated that the trial court will determine the remaining bail conditions.
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Conditions imposed by the Trial Judge is that,
“We direct that the petitioner shall be released on bail in connection with the case filed at Police Station Nawabganj, District Ganganagar (Commissionerate Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh, “
The Bench stated,
“The amount for the bail bond shall not exceed Rs 25,000,”
On April 1, the Supreme Court granted bail to Rajendra Bihari Lal in two criminal cases related to offenses, including alleged illegal religious conversions.
Additionally, the court issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government regarding Ram Sewak’s plea to dismiss the case against him.
The charges against Lal and Ram Sewak include offences under sections 307 (Attempted murder), 504 (Intentional insult to provoke breach of peace), and 386 (Extortion) of the IPC, along with provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021.
The Uttar Pradesh Police previously informed the Supreme Court that Lal and other defendants are the
key organizers of a large-scale religious conversion program funded by entities from approximately 20 countries.
Furthermore, the police described Lal, along with other defendants, as a “Notorious criminal” with involvement in 38 cases of diverse nature such as cheating and murder registered across the state in the last two decades.
The state police claim that approximately 90 Hindus gathered at the Evangelical Church of India in Hariharganj, Fatehpur, with the intention of converting to Christianity.
They allege that these individuals subjected to undue influence, coercion, and enticement through deceitful means and promises of financial gain.
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