One of the well-known figures in modern Indian history is Bal Gangadhar Tilak. He was born in 1856 in the Ratnagiri district of the Bombay Presidency. As an aftermath of his opinions published in the Marathi-language journal Kesari, Tilak was booked under sedition in 1897, mentioned in the Section 124A. Many freedom fighters, including Mahatma Gandhi, were tried under the broad and expansive provisions of the charge of sedition, which was added to the IPC in 1870. Tilak was accused of publishing two texts: a poem under an alias called "Shivaji's Utterances" and an unsigned report on the Shivaji festival in June 1897, where Tilak and renowned thinker from Pune, C.G. Bhanu spoke. These writings, according to the administration of Bombay, sparked "disaffection" against the authorities. The assassinations of officers W.C. Rand and Charles Ayerst shortly after were likely spurned by these texts. After six days of trial, the jury found Tilak guilty and ordered him an 18-month prison sentence. The 1897 trial of Lokmanya Tilak is a significant turning point in Indian politics because it signaled the criminalization of dissent. This trial became a huge political spectacle and was widely reported in British India's press.