Yesterday, the single-headed bench of Justice Shamim Ahmad of the Allahabad High Court said that Distributing the Holy Bible to public and imparting good teachings to them cannot be termed as an "allurement for religious conversion" under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act.

In the said matter, the Court has  granted bail to two accused booked for allegedly luring people from the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribe communities for conversion to Christianity.

Further, the Court passed the order allowing an appeal against the rejection of bail pleas of Jose Papachen and Sheeja. Back in Janurary, BJP functionary in Ambedkar filed a complaint after which the Police registered an FIR and both the appellants were sent to jail.

The BJP leader had alleged that the two accused were luring people from the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities for converting to Christianity.

Justice Ahmad observed, "Providing teaching, distributing Holy Bible, encouraging children for getting education, organising assembly of villagers and performing bhandara, instructing the villagers not to enter into altercation and not to take liquor do not amount to allurement under the 2021 act."