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Bombay High Court Quashes Charges Against Accused in Obscene Material Case — No Prima Facie Case Under Section 292 IPC for Possession of Obscene Books Without Evidence of Sale or Distribution. Alleged Offences Under Section 292 IPC and IT Act Fail as Material Not Obscene and No Mens Rea Established.

The petitioner, Jeevan Govrdhan Band, was accused no.2 in R.C.C. No. 833 of 2011 pending before the Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Beed, arising ou...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Accused in Obscene Instagram Page Case — Lack of Prima Facie Case Under IT Act and BNS. Allegations Against Petitioner Were Vague and Investigation Was Not Conducted, Making Proceedings an Abuse of Process of Law.

The petitioner, B.K. Diganth, was the sole accused in C.C.No.47469/2025 pending before the II Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bengaluru, for off...

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Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Under Section 295A IPC and Section 67 IT Act in WhatsApp Group Case Due to Lack of Sanction and Insufficient Evidence -- Petitioner Acquitted of Religious Offence Charges

The Karnataka High Court allowed a criminal petition filed under Section 482 of the CrPC seeking to quash an FIR registered under Section 295A IPC and...

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Supreme Court Acquits Author and Publisher in Obscenity Case Under Section 292 IPC, Finding Story Not Obscene as Moral Element Predominated. Conviction Quashed After Court Applies Overall View Test, Holding Story Did Not Deprave or Corrupt Readers.

The appellant, author Chandrakant Kalyandas Kakodar, and the printer-publisher were convicted under Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code for publishin...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Confiscation of Souza and Padamsee Artworks as Obscene — Customs Officer's Personal Opinion Insufficient to Brand Art as Obscene Under Section 11 Customs Act, 1962. Artistic merit and community standards must be considered before declaring artworks obscene.

The petitioner, M/s. B. K. Polimex India Private Limited, imported seven artworks by world-renowned artists F.N. Souza and Akbar Padamsee from London ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Cyber Stalking Case: E-mails Lacking Sexual Content Do Not Attract Section 67 of IT Act or Sections 354, 509, 506 IPC. Court holds that vulgar language without lascivious intent or threat of injury does not constitute obscenity or criminal intimidation.

The Petitioner, Joseph Paul de Sousa, sought quashing of FIR No. 30 of 2009 registered with the Cyber Cell, Mumbai, for offenses under Sections 354, 5...