(a) whether it is a fact that the sedition case lodged against 49 eminent citizens in the country for writing a letter to the Prime Minister expressing their concern about the mob lynching was closed by the Muzaffarpur police;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the police or the magistrate was at fault for registering an FIR in this case;
(d) whether it is a fact that this infamous sedition law has been misused by Governments in power against the critiques of the Government; and
(e) if so, whether the Government would consider a proposal for repealing the sedition provision in the Indian Penal Code?