https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169421 A film certified for public exhibition under the Cinematograph Act, 1952 may be protected from prosecution under the obscenity provision in the Indian Penal Code, 1860, because statutory certification can amount to legal justification or a bona fide belief of justification under the IPC's general defence provision. The special cinematograph regime, including scrutiny by the competent censorship authority, is treated as addressing the very considerations relevant to obscenity control, so exhibition in reliance on a valid certificate may fall within statutory protection. On that reasoning, criminal liability is negated where the producer and connected persons act under the certification and in good faith reliance on it. en-us Fri, 14 Dec 1979 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:00:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169421 A film certified for public exhibition under the Cinematograph Act, 1952 may be protected from prosecution under the obscenity provision in the Indian Penal Code, 1860, because statutory certification can amount to legal justification or a bona fide belief of justification under the IPC's general defence provision. The special cinematograph regime, including scrutiny by the competent censorship authority, is treated as addressing the very considerations relevant to obscenity control, so exhibition in reliance on a valid certificate may fall within statutory protection. On that reasoning, criminal liability is negated where the producer and connected persons act under the certification and in good faith reliance on it. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 14 Dec 1979 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169421