Kerala HC holds that state cannot imprison Maoists or charge them

Q.  Which state High Court has ruled that being a Maoist is not a crime and police cannot detain a person merely because he or she is a Maoist?
- Published on 17 May 15

a. Kerala High Court
b. Jharkhand High Court
c. West Bengal High Court
d. Chhattisgarh High Court

ANSWER: Kerala High Court
 
The court's judgement came on 22nd May’15 in a case relating to the arrest of a man by Kerala Police's special squad suspecting him of being a Maoist. The court said, though the political ideology of Maoists would not synchronise with our constitutional polity, being a Maoist is no crime.

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