Actually, no. If Penguin had tried to fight this in the courts, it’s highly probable that the higher courts - especially the Supreme Court - would have struck down any conviction in this case, even if the lower courts had gone nuts.
This is a misapplied law. It’s meant to combat incitement to religious violence and hate crimes. They also misapplied libel laws in this case. It was never meant to be used for blasphemy.
They didn’t test the case in court, so no precedent has been formed anyway.
