The Allahabad High Court has directed Uttar Pradesh police to produce a man before the court in connection with a petition alleging that his father illegally detained him after he converted to Islam and married a Muslim woman.
The two were subsequently arrested in connection with the case and spent months in jail. Malik. The petitioner alleged that his friend had voluntarily renounced Hinduism and embraced Islam without coercion, undue influence or inducement and subsequently married Chandni Qureshi. After examining the petition, the High Court observed that the allegations concerning Mr. The court issued notice to Mr. Malik’s father and directed the government authorities as well as the father to ensure Mr. It further ordered that, if Mr. Malik is not produced in court, the State officials concerned must file personal affidavits explaining the reasons for his non-production and the steps taken to secure his presence.
Following Ayush Malik’s conversion from Hinduism to Islam, police in the State’s Shamli district registered a case under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 against Chandni Qureshi, the woman he married, and her father. Justice Sandeep Jain passed the order on Wednesday (September 9, 2026) while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Mohammad Sultan, who claimed to be a friend of Mr. Malik’s production before the court on September 16.
Malik’s alleged illegal detention and “….the purported involvement of the State authorities and their functionaries in facilitating such detention are serious in nature and, therefore, warrant immediate consideration by this court”.
In his complaint against Ms. Qureshi, Mr. The two later entered into a relationship. He was reportedly renamed Mohammad Ali, and the nikkah was conducted in Delhi, despite resistance from the man’s family.
Mallik’s father had alleged that his son, a B.Pharm graduate, met her in 2018 while being treated for a leg injury. He alleged that the woman’s family influenced him to convert to Islam in 2023.
