The bill related to love jihad has been passed in the UP assembly on Tuesday. This bill now has a provision for life imprisonment for the accused. In this law, the punishment for many crimes has been doubled. Many new crimes have also been added under love jihad. Let us tell you that the bill related to this was presented in the House by the Yogi government on Monday.
Know what is the provision in the new bill
1. The new law provides for 20 years imprisonment or life imprisonment if found guilty.
2. Now any person can file an FIR in cases of conversion.
3. In the first case, presence of the victim, parents or siblings was necessary to give information or complaint.
4. No court below the Sessions Court will hear cases of Love Jihad.
5. In cases of love jihad, the bail plea will not be considered without giving an opportunity to the public prosecutor.
6. All crimes in this have been made non-bailable.
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The first law was made in 2020
Let us tell you that the Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh made the first law against love jihad in 2020. After this, the UP government passed the Prohibition of Religious Conversion Bill 2021 in the Assembly. This bill had a provision of punishment ranging from 1 to 10 years. There was a provision in this bill that religious conversion done only for marriage will be considered invalid.
Earlier there was a provision for 10 years of imprisonment. According to the old law made in UP, converting someone’s religion by lying or deceiving would be considered a crime. If someone wants to convert his/her religion voluntarily then he/she will have to inform the magistrate 2 months in advance. According to the bill, there was a provision of 1-5 years of imprisonment along with a fine of 15 thousand rupees for converting someone’s religion forcibly or by deceit. In this case also, if the case was related to a Dalit girl, then in that case there was a provision of 3 to 10 years of imprisonment along with a fine of 25 thousand rupees.
In fact, the central government has already said that making a law on religious conversion is a matter of the state governments and it is up to the state governments to decide this.