Update: The Mumbai Police handed over Trivedi's custody to a metropolitan magistrate court, yesterday, saying that they no longer needed him for investigation. However, Trivedi refused to apply for bail saying that he won't apply for bail till sedition charges against him are dropped. Following this, he was sent to judicial custody till 24th September. The Mumbai Police Commissioner said that artists and cartoonists should not cross limits, according to a report by IBNLive. Earlier: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was also affiliated with India Against Corruption (IAC/Jan Lokpal-Team Anna), has been sent to judicial Custody till 16th September, on charges of sedition, following complaints filed against him for displaying cartoons at a Jan Lokpal agitation in Mumbai in December 2011, and on his website, CartoonsagainstCorruption.com. He was arrested at a Mumbai Police Station, where he had surrendered on Saturday, on charges of sedition (under IPC 124A), violation of section 66A of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, and the Prevention of Insults of National Honour Act, 1971. A case has also been filed against Trivedi in the Bombay High Court under the State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act 2005, which may attract a two-year prison term and a fine up to Rs 5,000. Take down of his website: Trivedi's website CartoonsagainstCorruption.com was reportedly suspended by web-hosting provider, Big Rock, on orders of the Mumbai Police, without a legal notice, court order, advance warning or a letter/email requesting to remove the objectionable content, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. However, Aseem's…
