PRAYAGRAJ: Right to freedom of religion does not include the right to convert others, Allahabad HC observed, denying bail to a person accused of religious conversions .Rejecting the application of Shriniwas Rav Nayak on Tuesday, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal said: "The Constitution confers on each individual the fundamental right to practice and propagate his religion.However, individual right to freedom of conscience and religion cannot be extended to construe a collective right to proselytize.
"The right to religious freedom belongs equally to the person converting and the individual sought to be converted, the bench ruled.
Nayak, a native of Andhra Pradesh, was booked under the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, for converting some Hindus to Christianity.
PRAYAGRAJ: Right to freedom of religion does not include the right to convert others, Allahabad HC observed, denying bail to a person accused of religious conversions .Rejecting the application of Shriniwas Rav Nayak on Tuesday, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal said: "The Constitution confers on each individual the fundamental right to practice and propagate his religion.However, individual right to freedom of conscience and religion cannot be extended to construe a collective right to proselytize."The right to religious freedom belongs equally to the person converting and the individual sought to be converted, the bench ruled. Nayak, a native of Andhra Pradesh, was booked under the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, for converting some Hindus to Christianity.
