Tag: Official Secrets Act

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court ruled that recording video inside a police station does not fall under Section 3 of the Official Secrets Act, which pertains to spying. The decision came as the bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and SG Chapalgaonkar struck down charges under the Act filed against Mumbai police constable Santosh Athare.The case, registered at Pathardi Police Station in Ahmednagar district, involved Athare and his brother Subhash. The police had invoked the Official Secrets Act, but the court noted that Section 2(8) of...