The legislative assembly of Jharkhand passed the Jharkhand Freedom of Religion Act-2017, which mandates four-year rigorous imprisonment or penalty of up to Rs 1 lakh, or both, to individuals and organisations forcing religious conversion of a woman, minor, and persons belonging to SC/ST categories through inducement and blackmail. In the case of forced religious conversion of persons belonging to other categories, the penalty would be three-year rigorous imprisonment or Rs 50,000 fine or both.