On Thursday, the High Court of Delhi issued interim direction to Delhi & UP Police to take adequate steps to provide safety & security to the petitioner, a girl who converted her religion from Hinduism to Islam, till the next date of hearing.
A vacation bench of Justice C Harishankar directed the plea be listed before the appropriate bench on further hearing on July 5.
The Court issued limited direction to police to ensure safety & security to the petitioner.
Lawyer Sameer Vashisht appearing for the respondents Delhi Police and Uttar Pradesh Police submitted that attempts were made to contact the petitioner but the same could not happen & she was not traceable on the address given by her.
The petitioner's counsel & advocate Tanya Agrawal said that the girl is repeatedly changing her address due to the threat to her life. Agarwal urged the court to grant interim relief to the petitioner.
The petitioner has moved to the Delhi High Court seeking protection of her life, liberty, safety, & security of her family members & friends & they should not be harassed & interrogated with regard to her conversion.
The girl said that she is facing an extreme threat to her life & that of her immediate family members who are being witch-hunted by the officials of the Uttar Pradesh Police as also by the media channels & vigilante groups.
The petitioner said that she is an adult & is protected by the constitution to choose her own faith & she cannot be targeted & harassed for the choice she makes with regard to the religion she follows.
In the petition moved through Advocate Kamlesh Kumar Mishra, she has urged to direct the respondents to ensure that she is not taken away from the jurisdiction of this court by force or coercion & or by way of any other illegal means by the agencies of the state or any other person & protection thereof be accorded to her.
She has stated that on May 27, 2021, she converted to Islam of her own free will & without any threat or coercion from anyone.
She also sought direction to the media channels (including e-media, print media & visual media) not to publish any malicious content with regard to her & not to divulge her personal details & if already done the same may be removed with immediate effect.
The petitioner was working in Delhi & originally belongs to Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
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