Overview

• The state completed the Rs 5 lakh payment on June 27 following a 28-day hold in Ghaziabad district jail after bail was granted on April 29.
• A Supreme Court bench faulted the trial court for omitting Sub-Section (1) of Section 5 of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 from the bail order.
• Ghaziabad authorities issued the man’s release on May 27 but a correction plea filed on May 28 went unresolved until June 24.
• The principal district and sessions judge of Ghaziabad will investigate the procedural lapse with findings slated for review on August 25, 2025.
• The accused had been charged under Section 366 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 5 of the 2021 anti-conversion law.