Rajasthan anti-conversion invoice: The Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2025 was launched within the ongoing Budget Session of the state Assembly on Monday (February 3). It was launched by Health Minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar and can be handed by the House following a debate in the course of the session.
Here are some key pointers of the ‘Anti-conversion invoice’
- The offence beneath the anti-conversion invoice can be cognisable and non-bailable and triable by a court docket. The Bill is geared toward prohibiting illegal conversion from one faith to a different and has provisions for imprisonment of as much as 10 years and a wonderful of as much as Rs 50,000.
- Religious conversion by misrepresentation, power, undue affect, coercion, allurement or by any fraudulent means or by marriage has been made an offence within the Bill.
- The Bill provisions imprisonment for a time period not lower than one yr however it could prolong to 5 years with a wonderful of Rs 15,000. Those who violate the principles in respect of a minor, a girl or an individual belonging to the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe shall be punished with imprisonment for a time period of two years which can prolong to 10 years together with a wonderful of Rs 25,000.
- The invoice provisions three years of jail extending as much as 10 years and a wonderful of Rs 50,000 in case of mass conversion. However, those that need to transform his/her faith shall give a declaration within the prescribed kind a minimum of sixty days upfront, to the District Magistrate.
- According to the goals and aims of the Bill, the Constitution of India ensures non secular freedom to all folks which displays the social concord and spirit of India. The goal of this proper is to maintain the spirit of secularism in India.
- “In the latest previous, many such examples have come to gentle the place gullible individuals have been transformed from one faith to a different by misrepresentation, power, undue affect, coercion, allurement or fraudulent means.
- “The law related to the right to religious freedom already exists in various states of the country but there was no statute on the said subject in Rajasthan. In view of the above, it was decided to enact a law to provide for prohibition of unlawful conversion,” the Bill states.
- As per the Bill, the court docket shall additionally grant acceptable compensation payable by the accused to the sufferer of mentioned conversion which can prolong to a most of Rs 5 lakh. The Bill proposes double punishment for repeat offenders.
When Anti-Conversion Bill was accepted by the Rajasthan Cabinet?
The Rajasthan Cabinet on November 30, 2024 accepted the Anti-Conversion Bill, which goals to curb compelled non secular conversions. The invoice was introduced within the state legislature in the course of the parliamentary session.
According to Deputy Chief Minister Prem Chand Bairwa, the invoice proposes extreme punishments, together with imprisonment from 1 to five years, to crack down on compelled conversions.
“People were lured into converting their religion which they did not know. We analysed similar policies from other states as well. We have categorised the punishments accordingly so that forced religious conversions can be stopped,” Bairwa earlier mentioned to media.
