https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=462019 Speech-based criminal allegations require assessment of the words and their context to see whether the statutory ingredients of the alleged offences are actually disclosed. On the stated facts, the poem accompanying the social media post was treated as a protest against injustice and a message of non-violence, with no reference to religion, caste, community, race, language or region and no promotion of hatred, disorder or impaired integrity; the invoked offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita were therefore not made out. The FIR-registration rule under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita applies only where a cognizable offence is disclosed, and the document notes that quashing is not barred merely because investigation has begun when no offence appears on the face of the record. en-us Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:03:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=462019 Speech-based criminal allegations require assessment of the words and their context to see whether the statutory ingredients of the alleged offences are actually disclosed. On the stated facts, the poem accompanying the social media post was treated as a protest against injustice and a message of non-violence, with no reference to religion, caste, community, race, language or region and no promotion of hatred, disorder or impaired integrity; the invoked offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita were therefore not made out. The FIR-registration rule under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita applies only where a cognizable offence is disclosed, and the document notes that quashing is not barred merely because investigation has begun when no offence appears on the face of the record. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=462019