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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Andhra Pradesh HC refuses to quash sedition case against tribal

Andhra Pradesh HC refuses to quash sedition case against tribal

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published Published on Feb 21, 2011   modified Modified on Feb 21, 2011
Justice Samudrala Govinda Rajulu of AP high court on Monday refused to quash the case of sedition registered against a Koya tribal fighting against the construction of Polavaram irrigation project.

Polavaram Police of West Godavari district registered a crime case against Savalam Benerji, a Koya tribal and others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code for their alleged activity in trying to stall the Polavaram project. The tribals of this area had been complaining that the statutory procedure has not been followed, the required permissions have not been fully obtained and rehabilitation of the tribals, who are the residents of Protected Schedule Tribal Area, has not been finalized. In the process there were agitations against the project.

The police in their case against the agitators have included a charge under 124-A of the IPC pertaining to sedition.

The petitioner came to the High Court and challenged the action of the authorities in implicating him just because they were demanding appropriate rehabilitation. Initially, a HC judge granted interim stay but when the case came up for final hearing on Monday, Justice Govinda Rajulu dismissed the case and gave liberty to the petitioner to approach the trial court seeking a discharge from the case. The judge was not inclined to accept the arguments of the petitioner that in an earlier case the High Court had quashed the cases against other tribals in similar offences.

This judgment assumes significance in the light of agitation by tribals all over the country seeking rehabilitation packages, when they were being displaced from their habitat. Any person charged with sedition can be punished with imprisonment for life.

The Times of India, 22 February, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Andhra-Pradesh-HC-refuses-to-quash-sedition-case-against-tribal/articleshow/7543085.cms


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