Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court on Friday stayed the arrest of a man booked by UP Police under the recently promulgated Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, for allegedly trying to marry a woman with intentions of converting to her to other faith.
This is the first time that an affected party has approached the High Court against this ordinance.
Hearing a writ petition filed by one Nadeem from Haridwar, who was booked by UP Police, a division bench comprising Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal directed the state police not to take any coercive action against the accused, Nadeem who was booked by UP Police on November 29 on a complaint filed by one Akshay Kumar of Muzaffarnagar.