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BAREILLY: The Allahabad high court (HC), while granting bail to a Meerut man accused of sharing a "Pakistan zindabad" post on social media, observed that "simply posting support for another country won't attract the offence of endangering sovereignty of India under BNS". "Merely forwarding a message to show support of any country may create anger or disharmony among citizens of India and may also be punishable under BNS section 196 (promoting enmity or disharmony between different groups on grounds like religion, race, caste, or language), but definitely will not attract the ingredients of BNS section 152 (acts endangering India's sovereignty, unity, and integrity)," the court stated in its order made available on Friday, a copy of which is w

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