Supreme Court of India

Balwant Singh and Anr v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [1995] 2 S.C.R. 411
Bench A.S. Anand and Faizan Uddin JJ.
Decided 1 March 1995

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Indian Penal Code, 1860-Sections 124A and 153A-Sedition--Raising slogans casually couple of times by some persons-No reaction from public-Offence u/s 124A or 153A not made out. The appellants who are government servants were arrested for rais­ ing slogans like 'Khalistan Zindabad', 'Raj Karega Khalsa', and Hinduan Nun Punjab wi Chon Kadh Ke Chhadange Hun Manka Aya Hai Raj Kayam Karan Da' on the day Smt. Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister c of India was assassinated. Both appellants raised the slogans together. The first slogan was raised five or six times, the second two or four times and

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