Andhra Pradesh registered the highest – 29 of the total 76 – sedition cases filed under IPC section 124A last year, according to the latest NCRB data.
The surge in Andhra Pradesh is in sharp contrast to 2020 when no sedition case was recorded in the state. According to the report, Crime in India, the country’s tally of 76 has also seen a surge as compared to the 73 cases filed in 2020. Meanwhile, there was a dip in the total number of offences against the state – 149 as compared to the 172 in 2020 – under various special and local laws and IPC provisions.
