Digital Technology Altering Face Of Crime; Circulation Of Indecent Images On Social Media Can Destroy Lives: Allahabad HC
Refusing to grant bail to a person accused of circulating indecent images of a girl by way of WhatsApp, the Allahabad Excessive Courtroom lately noticed that when such photographs are shared on public platforms, they’ve the potential to “destroy lives”.
“Digital know-how is altering the face of crime. Indecent photos of an individual when circulated on public platforms by social media can destroy lives. That is the onerous social actuality“, a bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot remarked.
The accused, booked underneath Sections 74, 352, 351(2), 64(1) BNS and Part 67A of the Info Expertise Act, 2000, was arrested in January this 12 months on the allegations of circulating the sufferer’s non-public photographs on WhatsApp.
He had moved the HC after his bail plea was rejected by the trial courtroom in April 2025.
Taking into account the allegations in opposition to him, the bench famous that some photographs had been recovered from him and are pending forensic examination; there was a probability of his involvement within the crime.
Thus, the courtroom refused to grant him bail because it highlighted the rising menace of digital crimes and their catastrophic social impression.
The bench, nonetheless, directed the District Choose to take weekly experiences of the progress of the trial within the case.
Moreover, the involved Deputy Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, was additionally directed to make sure that the FSL report is produced earlier than the trial courtroom inside two months.
Although the bench dismissed the bail plea, it emphasised the necessity for an expeditious trial and directed the trial courtroom to ideally conclude the proceedings inside one 12 months.
In associated information, the identical bench had in 2023 observed that the circulation of indecent movies on social media is a main menace which is degrading our society. The Bench had additionally harassed that in such circumstances, the police authorities should guarantee the best proficiency whereas conducting probes.
Importantly, the courtroom had additionally opined that the standard of investigations of UP Police in such issues is “very weak”.
Equally, in Could final 12 months, too, the identical bench had raised a grave concern over the escalating concern of storing and circulating indecent movies of girls, deeming it a severe menace to society.
The courtroom had mentioned that the poor high quality of investigations into IT-related offences and cyber offences was changing into a “main fault line” within the functioning of investigations.
Case title – Ramdev vs. State of U.P.
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