‘Victims’ of religious conversion can be prosecuted if they induce others: Gujarat HC October 09, 2025

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court has ruled that individuals who claim to be “victims” of religious conversion may still face prosecution if they later engage in activities aimed at “inducing others to convert.”

The court clarified that people who convert and subsequently pressure or lure others cannot be considered victims and are liable for prosecution.

These observations came in a recent order dismissing multiple petitions seeking to quash a 2021 FIR filed at Amod Police Station in Bharuch, concerning the alleged conversion of 100 tribals from 35 Hindu families since 2006.

Justice Nirzar S. Desai delivered a common verbal judgment on September 30 and October 1, following an earlier

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