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LUCKNOW : Uttar Pradesh became familiar with the sedition law when protests began over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in 2019. The sedition law — Section 124A — deals with words, signs or visual representation that brings or attempts to bring “into hatred or contempt or excites disaffection against the Government” and can be punished by imprisonment for life with a fine or imprisonment that may extend to three years with a fine. Uttar Pradesh witnessed a surge in sedition cases after the CAA protests and then the rape of a...