sedition charges against cartoonist Aseem
Trivedi, who was arrested in September 2012.
The Attorney General told the Bombay High
Court that the sedition charges against Aseem
were a 'knee-jerk reaction'. The AG also said
that the state will draft a circular on Section
124 A and this will be presented to the Chief
Justice for approval, after which it will be
sent out to all police stations.
Aseem was arrested on September 8 under IPC
Section 124 (sedition), Section 66 A of
Information Technology Act and Section 2 of
Prevention of Insults to Nation Honour Act. He
was released on September 12 after the
Bombay High Court granted him bail.
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