New Delhi, Oct 17 (UNI) The Supreme Court today quashed multiple FIRs and related criminal proceedings filed under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, against the Vice Chancellor and several officials of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Prayagraj.

The case concerned allegations of mass religious conversions to Christianity.

A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra passed the order while hearing a batch of petitions filed by SHUATS Vice Chancellor Dr Rajendra Bihari Lal, Director Vinod Bihari Lal, and other officials.

The petitions challenged multiple FIRs lodged across Uttar Pradesh and sought their consolidation or quashing.

The Supreme Court held that the FIR lodged in Fatehpu

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