19-Yr-Old UP Man Held Under Love Jihad Law for Eloping With Minor
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The UP Police have arrested a 19-year-old Muslim youth from Bijnor district on Tuesday, 15 December, for allegedly eloping with a minor girl from a Scheduled Caste and to have allegedly
tried to coerce her into conversion and marriage by concealing his identity.
The UP Police booked the youth under the recently passed UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, commonly known as the love jihad law. The youth has been booked
under Sections 363 (kidnapping), 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc) of the IPC, along with relevant sections of the SC/ST Act, the POCSO Act, reported
The Indian Express.
The couple eloped on Monday night. The 14-year old allegedly told the police that they were friends but she only found out he was a Muslim after they eloped, according to the Hindustan
Times.
The accused allegedly told Hindustan Times that the couple were in a relationship for over a year. The girl was sent for medical examination and the accused has been arrested.
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