Supreme Court of India

Aveek Sarkar & Anr. v. State of West Bengal & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 2 S.C.R. 263
Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and A.K. Sikri JJ.
Decided 3 February 2014

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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973: s.482 - Quashing of proceedings - German magazine published an article with a picture of world renowned Tennis player, posing nude and covering the breast of his dark-skinned fiancee with his hands which was photographed by none other than her father - The couple spoke against apartheid and proclaimed that true love has no boundaries - The article reproduced in Indian magazine and newspaper - Criminal proceedings o under ss. 292, /PC and ulss. 3, 4 and 6 of Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 against the editor and publisher of magazine

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