ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT GRANTED BAIL TO ISLAMIC SCHOLAR ACCUSED OF WAGING WAR AGAINST GOVT OF INDIA RELIGIOUS CONVERSION 'RACKET'

The Allahabad High Court in the case Mufti Qazi Jahangir Alam Qasmi vs. State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 2 others observed and has granted bail to Islamic scholar Mufti Qazi Jahangir Alam Qasmi who was being arrested in the year 2021 in June by the Anti-Terrorist Squad of Uttar Pradesh Police on the charges of conspiring to run a mass religious conversion racket in the State and has assisted in religious conversion of over 1000 people across the state.

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The bench comprising of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Ajai Kumar Srivastava-I in the case observed and has granted him the relief wherein the court noted that that in the same case, bail has been granted to as many as 12 accused and many of whom have similar roles as that of the appellant herein and two of the bails have been granted by Supreme Court.

The bench in the case took note of the similar judgment which is passed by the said Bench in August 2023 to Mohammad Umar Gautam.

In the present case, Qasmi had moved the High Court by way of filing a criminal Appeal under Section 21(4) of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 wherein challenging the October 2023 order passed by the Special Judge, NIA/ATS, Lucknow in the Second Bail Application which was rejected by the said court in the matter.