As many as 34 cases of sedition were under trial in different parts of the country, while the accused in one such case were convicted in 2016, Union minister Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said today.
He said on the request of the Home Affairs Ministry, the Law and Justice Ministry had requested the Law Commission in 2013 to undertake a review of the criminal justice system and give a comprehensive report in the matter so that amendments could be carried out in the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act.
"A total of 18 cases of sedition (124A IPC) were pending for trial till 2015 and 16 cases were sent for trial during 2016. Trials were completed in 3 cases during 2016 of which one case resulted in conviction, while two cases were acquitted," he said, replying to a written question.
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