The Supreme Court quashed several FIRs registered at Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh over alleged offence of "mass religious conversions" of Hindus into Christianity.
The FIRs were filed under Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021.
As per the UP Act, as it stood then, only victims (or their relatives) could have lodged an FIR.
The SC held that, the criminal law cannot be allowed to be made a tool of harassment of innocent persons.