Unlawful Religious Conversion Serious Offence; Can't Quash on Settlement: Allahabad HC

Unlawful Religious Conversion Serious Offence; Can't Quash on Settlement: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court dismissed Taufik Ahmad's plea to quash charges of rape, unlawful confinement, and forced religious conversion, despite a compromise with the victim. The court held that serious offences under Section 376 IPC and the U.P. Conversion Prevention Act, 2020 cannot be quashed under Section 482 CrPC based on private settlements, stressing that societal justice prevails over individual compromises in heinous crimes.

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