PRAYAGRAJ, May 19 -- The Allahabad high court has observed that the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, 2021 has been enacted, aimed at maintaining public order, moral integrity, and health in alignment with Article 25 of the Constitution.

The court also said that the Constitution of India gives every citizen the right to freely follow and spread their religion, but it does not support forced or fraudulent conversions.

In a recent judgment, the bench of Justice Vinod Diwakar made these observations while rejecting a plea to cancel an FIR against four people accused under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, 2021.

According to the complaint, the accused tried to convert people t...