{"id":57355,"date":"2019-08-29T17:27:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T11:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=57355"},"modified":"2019-08-29T17:27:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T11:57:57","slug":"why-keep-objectionable-book-like-war-and-peace-at-home-judge-asks-activist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/why-keep-objectionable-book-like-war-and-peace-at-home-judge-asks-activist","title":{"rendered":"Why keep \u2018objectionable\u2019 book like War and Peace at home? 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Why did you [Gonsalves] keep objectionable material such as books like War &amp; Peace&#8230; at home? You will have to explain this&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Court was hearing bail pleas of Gonsalves &amp; five others, who were arrested last year for allegedly making provocation speeches on Dec 31, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The speeches have been blamed for allegedly triggering caste violence that left one person dead when Dalits gathered near Pune the next day to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the victory of Mahar scheduled caste soldiers of the British East India Company over Brahmin Peshwas at Bhima-Koregaon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, the High Court of Bombay\u00a0asked activist Vernon Gonsalves to explain the \u201cobjectionable material\u201d like a copy of Leo Tolstoy\u2019s War &amp; Peace found at his home after the Pune police opposed his bail citing \u201chighly incriminating evidence\u201d in the form of \u201cbooks &amp; CDs with objectionable titles\u201d recovered from his possession. 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