India's Notorious Section 498A: Divorce Law as Criminal Law: No ...

F urthermore, even if moms were guilty of a crime, under Article 248 of the Code of Criminal Procedure prosecutors have almost unlimited discretion not to prosecute someone based on their age, character or circumstances. .... This was discovered when a book of Robert Mapplethorpe photos was confiscated by Japanese customs in 1999 because it contained pictures of male genitals. The book's owner objected â€" the book was published in Japan, he was an employee of the publisher ...