(1.) Heard Shri Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioners and Yogesh Kumar, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents.
(2.) By means of present writ petition, the petitioners have prayed for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents 2 and 3 to provide adequate security to petitioners and further restraining the respondents from causing any interference in peaceful living of petitioners as husband and wife.
(3.) Learned Standing Counsel points out that petitioner No.1 earlier belonged to Muslim religion and the petitioner No.2 belongs to Hindu religion and in view of the provisions of the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, unless compliance of the provisions of Ss. 8 and 9 is made by the parties belonging to different religions, no sanctity/validity can be attached to such marriage.