Pawan Khera: Provisions invoked by UP Police

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera has been booked by the Uttar Pradesh Police and Assam Police after he botched up the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a press conference..At a recently held press conference, Khera had botched up PM Narendra Modi's name while demanding a joint parliamentary probe into the Adani-Hindenburg row."If Narasimha Rao could form a JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee), if Atal Bihari Vajpayee could form a JPC, then what problem does Narendra Gautam Das...sorry Damodardas Modi have?" Khera had said.He later appeared to confirm the middle name with a colleague.The BJP has alleged that Khera deliberately flubbed the name.He was arrested by the Assam Police and was being taken from Delhi when the Supreme Court intervened and granted him interim bail. .There are three FIRs registered against Khera - two by the UP Police in Lucknow and Varanasi and one by the Assam Police.Below are the provisions invoked against Khera by the UP Police. .Section 153A of Indian Penal Code (IPC)Known in common parlance as hate speech, the provision penalises promoting of enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony.Section 295A IPCIt criminalises hurting religious sentiments and covers within its scope deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.The provisions says,"Whoever, with deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of any class of citizens of India by words, either spoken or written, or by signs or by visible representations or otherwise, insults or attempts to insult the religion or the religious beliefs of that class, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years or with fine, or with both.".Section 500 IPCSection 500 IPC criminalises defamation. It says that whoever defames another shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both..Section 504 IPCIt criminalises intentional insult with the intent to provoke breach of the peace.It says,"Whoever intentionally insults, and thereby gives provocation to any person, intending or knowing it to be likely that such provocation will cause him to break the public peace, or to commit any other offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.".Section 505 IPCIt criminalises statements conducing to public mischief. .Section 505(2) IPCIt is part of Section 505 and specifically criminalises statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes.It says,"Whoever makes, publishes or circulates any statement or report containing rumour or alarming news with intent to create or promote, or which is likely to create or promote, on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, caste or community or any other ground whatsoever, feelings of enmity, hatred or ill-will between different religious, racial, language or regional groups or castes or communities, shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both."