Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 598 · Decided 6 August 1997
Bilal Ahmad Kaloo v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 598 · [1997] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 327
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1391/1995
- Decided
- 6 August 1997
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, K.T. THOMAS (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 124(A), 25; Arms Act Section 25
Headnote
Criminal Law : Indian Penal Code, 1860 : Section 124(A)-Seditio11-C/1arge framed-No avennents-Hel~To­ tally bereft of the cmcial allegation-Conviction unsustainable. Sections 153A, 505(2)-0ffence under-Distinction betwem-Promot­ ing enmity between two groups or communities-Meaning and Section 25( IB )( a)-Possession of Anns is violation of law-Conviction upheld. The prosecution case was that the appellant was an active member in E one militant organisation and he had spread communal hatred among muslims and exhorted them to undergo training in armed militancy. During ihe
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