The Allahabad High Court on Monday said that the majority population of the country would become the minority one day, if religious congregations where conversions take place are not stopped.

“If this process is allowed to continue, the majority population of this country would one day become a minority. Such religious congregations where conversions are taking place must be immediately stopped to prevent changing the religion of Indian citizens,” the court said.

The court made the observation while dismissing the bail plea of one Kailash, accused of forcibly converting a group of Hindus to Christianity.

The High Court ordered an immediate ban on religious congregations where conversations of individuals are taking place, saying that such activities directly violated the right to religious freedom as enshrined in Article 25 of the Constitution.

“The word ‘propagation’ means to promote, but it does not mean to convert any person from his religion to another religion,” the court said.

“In the instant case, there are serious allegations against the applicant by the informant that her brother, along with several others, were taken from their village to attend a gathering in New Delhi and converted to Christianity. The brother of the informant never returned,” it added.

The court said that the statements recorded by the investigation officer clearly revealed that Kailash had been taking people to attend religious congregations in New Delhi where they were being converted to Christianity.

“It has come to the notice of this court in several cases that unlawful activity of converting SC/ST people and other castes, including economically poor persons, to Christianity is being done at rampant pace throughout Uttar Pradesh,” it said

“This court, prima facie, finds that the applicant is not entitled to bail. Hence, the bail application of the applicant involved in the aforesaid case crime is hereby, rejected,” the court added.