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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut has been charged with sedition and other offences for publishing a controversial article against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the party's publication, Saamana..
As reported by PTI citing a senior official on Tuesday, the FIR was registered after BJP's Yavatmal district coordinator Nitin Bhutada complained to the Rajya Sabha member, who is the executive editor of Saamana..
The filing of the case took place on Monday at Umarkhed police station in Yavatmal, registering charges under sections 124(A) (sedition), 153(A) (promoting enmity between different groups based on religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc.), and 505(2) (statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred, or ill-will between classes) of the Indian Penal Code, as per the official..
The law on sedition, which provides for a maximum jail term of life under section 124A of the IPC for creating disaffection towards the government", was brought into the penal code in 1890, a full 57 years before Independence and almost 30 years after the IPC came into being, PTI reported..
Earlier on August 10, Shiv Sena (UBT) targeted the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of rising prices of essential commodities in the country via an editorial in its official mouthpiece Saamana..
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