According to a NCRB report, a total of 356 cases of sedition as defined under section 124A of the IPC were registered and 548 people were arrested between 2015 and 2020, out of which only six were convicted.
New Delhi, May 11: In the wake of the Supreme Court order staying the registration of FIRs, ongoing probes and coercive measures under the sedition law, all eyes will be on the fate of several high-profile cases registered under the draconian British-era law.
A Delhi court on Monday acquitted five alleged members of terror organisation Lashkar­-e-Taiba (LeT), including one Pak national being linked to the terror outfit, in a case of allegedly committing terror act during Delhi Assembly elections, saying there was no incriminating piece of evidence ag