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by sound1 1207 days ago
Defamation? He called PM names
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Case was filed under section 153A/153B(1)/500/504/505(1)(b) and 505(2). [1]

Look at the meaning of each section below and you can see how they can add all random sections into the police report to arrest you.

- 153A Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony. [2]

- 153B(1) Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration. [2]

- 500 Punishment for defamation [2]

- 504 Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace. [2]

- 505(1)(b) and 505(2) Statements conducing to public mischief. [2]

[1] https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-natio...

[2] https://indiankanoon.org/

IPC 499 specifically excludes this:

> Second Exception.—Public conduct of public servants.—It is not defamation to express in a good faith any opinion whatever re­specting the conduct of a public servant in the discharge of his public functions, or respecting his character, so far as his character appears in that conduct, and no further.

You can't criminalise politicians calling each other names and still claim to be a democracy.