CHANDRAKANT KALYANDAS KAKODAR vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.

The Supreme Court set aside the conviction under Section 292 IPC for obscenity, establishing that the overall view of the work must be considered to determine if it depraves or corrupts the audience. The Court emphasized that the influence of the work on social morality and its literary merit should be assessed, rather than imposing a standard that restricts authors to writing solely for adolescents. The judgment followed Ranjit D. Udeshi v. State of Maharashtra, concluding that the story in question did not constitute pornography or pander to prurient interests.