Supreme Court · 1985 INSC 205 · Decided 24 September 1985
Samaresh Bose and ANR. v. Amal Mitra and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1985 INSC 205 · [1985] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 17
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 174/1973
- Decided
- 24 September 1985
- Bench
- R.S. PATHAK, AMARENDRA NATH SEN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 292; CrPC Section 521
Headnote
Indian Penal Code, section 292, ingredients snd scope of - Obscenity, concept of - Duty of the Court in judging the question of obscenity, explained - Whether the novel under the caption 'Prajapsti' published in "Sarodiya Desh" in the Bengali Journal Desh contains matters which are author and the printer ·and the publisher. Samaresh Bose, the first appellant, 1a a well-known writer of Bengali Novels and stories. He is the author of a novel which under the caption "Prajapsti • came to be published in "Sarodiya Desh" (the annual pooja number of the
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