Unit 8 of Law of Crimes (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) (syllabus: Module 2.5-2.8 - BNS ss. 147-188). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- A journalist harshly attacked the Government's handling of a crisis. Is that an offence under s. 152?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
Leading cases
Full case summaries
- Kedar Nath Singh v State of Bihar (1962) — sedition read down, and what s. 152 BNS now says
- Vinod Dua v Union of India (2021) — Kedar Nath applied to a journalist, and the FIR quashed