Cases under Uttarakhand’s conversion law fall in court: 7 years, 5 full trials, all 5 acquittals
Express analysed case records since 2018 when Act was introduced: Courts flag gaps in probe, consent of couples, no proof of coercion. Nearly seven years after the BJP government in Uttarakhand enacted a law to curb “forced religious conversions”, court records show the statute may be falling short of a basic legal test: evidence. Even […]