https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189790 Mere membership of a banned organisation was held insufficient to sustain criminal liability unless the prosecution proved active participation, violence, incitement to imminent violence, or conduct showing a specific intent to further unlawful aims. The Court read the penal provisions narrowly to preserve constitutional validity and construed them consistently with Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India. On the evidence, the alleged confession was retracted and uncorroborated, and no other material linked the accused to violent or disorderly activity. The conviction was therefore unsustainable, and acquittal followed. en-us Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:43:34 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189790 Mere membership of a banned organisation was held insufficient to sustain criminal liability unless the prosecution proved active participation, violence, incitement to imminent violence, or conduct showing a specific intent to further unlawful aims. The Court read the penal provisions narrowly to preserve constitutional validity and construed them consistently with Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India. On the evidence, the alleged confession was retracted and uncorroborated, and no other material linked the accused to violent or disorderly activity. The conviction was therefore unsustainable, and acquittal followed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189790