Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 507 · Decided 2 May 2007
Sri Baragur Ramachandrappa and ORS. v. State of Karnataka and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 507 · [2007] 5 S.C.R. 1086
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1228/1998
- Decided
- 2 May 2007
- Bench
- B.P. SINGH, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 124; CrPC Section 95, 96; Constitution Article 19(l)(a)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Sections 95 and 96. Farfeiture of certain publications-Novel "Dharmakaarana "- C Forfeiture of copies of-Petitioner published a novel entitled "Dharmakaarana" portraying the story of a great saint of the 12th Century narrated in first person, who sought to promote social reform in Hindu society and for that purpose preached that D all were equal-The novel was selected by the Karnataka Sahitya Academy for its annul award as the best novel for the year 1995--Some eminent figures in the field of literature and otherwise, including a
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