Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 32 · Decided 21 February 1980
Babu Rao Patel v. State of Delhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 32 · [1980] 2 S.C.R. 1082
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 237/1974
- Decided
- 21 February 1980
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
1082 BABU RAO PATEL v. STATE OF DELHI February 21, 1978 [R. S. SARKARIA AND 0. CHINNAPPA REDDY, JJ.J Penal Code, Seorion 153A(1), Scope of-Whether political thesis or hi.slo­ rical truth so presented be said· to promote feelings of enmity, hatred or ilf­ will between different promotion of feelings of enmity etc. on grounds o~ religion only, but takes in promotion of such feel­ ings on other grounds ns well such .as race, place of birth, residence, language, caste or community. [1083G] In the instance case : Both the articles do promote feelings of erun:ty, hat1ed
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