Supreme Court of India
Manzar Sayeed Khan v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
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What the Court ordered
In the result, for the above-said reasons, the respondents shall not proceed against Professor James W. Laine, the author of the book, for offences F under Sections 153, 153A and 34 of the IPC being the subject matter of F.I.R. No. 10 of 2004 registered at the Deccan Police Station, Pune.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860-ss. 153, 153A and 34-Publication of a book-Due to some objectionable portion thereof, public unrest-FIR against the author, publisher and printer-Writ Petition seeking quashing of FIR-Stay of . investigation-Pursuit for compromise-Compromise having failed, vacation of stay order ordering further investigation-On appeal, held: In the facts of the case, the act of the author, publisher and printer would not attract penal consequences under the provisions-The intention to cause disorder or incite the people to violence is the sine qua nonfor the offence uls 153A-The book was
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Imran Pratapgadhi v. State of Gujarat and Anr
- 2021 Vinod Dua v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2009 Manzar Sayeed Khan & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.
Of those, 3 referred to
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