Srinagar, Feb. 14 -- "Based on credible intelligence regarding the clandestine sale and distribution of literature promoting the ideology of a banned organisation, police conducted a search in Srinagar, leading to the seizure of 668 books. Legal action has been initiated under Section 126 of the BNSS," Srinagar district police said in a post on X.

Under Section 126 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, an executive magistrate can order a person "to show cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond or bail bond for keeping the peace for such period, not exceeding one year, as the magistrate thinks fit".

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