Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has imposed a fine of Rs 75,000 on the Uttar Pradesh government in a false anti-conversion case, directing the state to pay Rs 50,000 to the petitioner, Umed alias Ubaid Khan, who was jailed for one and a half months even after the alleged victim had stated before a magistrate that she had left home voluntarily.

A division bench of Justices Abdul Moin and Babita Rani passed the order on October 30 while hearing a petition filed by Khan and others, who were arrested under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, The Indian Express reported on Wednesday.

The petitioners had sought to quash a First Information Report (FIR) lodged at Matera police station in Bahraich district, accusing them of abducting a woman and attempting to

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