Hyderabad, Aug. 22 -- Merely praising another country without denouncing India cannot be treated as sedition, the Himachal Pradesh High Court ruled on Tuesday, August 19, because it does not incite separatist sentiments or subversive activities, Bar and Bench reports. The observation was made in relation to a man accused of sharing an AI-generated image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the statement, 'Pakistan Zindabad' who was granted bail by JusticeRakesh Kainthla.

The court noted that there was insufficient material to explain the prolonged detention of the accused, Suleman, who was booked under Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) by the Paonta Sahib police in Sirmour district in May of this year.

He was booked over ...