LAWS(SC)-2025-10-54

RAJENDRA BIHARI LAL Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH

Decided On October 17, 2025
Rajendra Bihari Lal Appellant
V/S
STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted in SLP(Crl) Nos. 7233-7235/2023, SLP(Crl) No. 7380/2023, SLP(Crl) No. 10187/2023, SLP(Crl) No. 13679/2023, SLP(Crl) Nos. 13231- 13232/2023, SLP(Crl) Nos. 15251-15254/2023, SLP(Crl) No. 3818/2023 & SLP(Crl) No. 10555/2024.

(2.) The present batch of matters, consisting of three Writ Petitions and nine captioned Appeals arising out of Special Leave Petitions, concerns six FIRs filed under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short,"the IPC") and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 (for short,"the U.P. Conversion Act") respectively. The details of the FIRs, which are at the heart of the dispute before us, are tabulated below for the sake of convenience:

(3.) The captioned Appeals arising out of Special Leave Petitions comprising the present batch of matters arise from seven different impugned judgments and orders passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, the details of which are tabulated below: