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, June 14 (IANS) A cleric and a barber are among six, who have been booked under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 for surreptitiously conducting the circumcision ceremony of two minor boys, below .
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Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), June 14 (IANS) A cleric and a barber are among six, who have been booked under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 for surreptitiously conducting the circumcision ceremony of two minor boys, below 12 years old.
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Woman is a major and was in a relationship with him, says defence
The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to a man booked under the new unlawful conversion statute in Uttar Pradesh, noting that the victim, an adult, had gone with him to a hotel room, where he allegedly raped her, “on her own sweet-will”.
The court noted that the girl and the accused “were in a relationship since long and she used to spend time with the applicant and used to travel with him”.
Sonu Rajpoot alias Zubair had last December been booked for rape, cheating and criminal intimidation and also slapped with Sections 3/5 of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religion Conversion Act by Nauchandi police in Meerut district.
The police have arrested a man from Azamgarh, posing as an officer in the Crime Branch of Uttar Pradesh police, under the anti-conversion law for trapping three Hindu women into marriage by concealing his religious identity.The married Muslim .