Bengaluru: The Karnataka Excessive Court docket mentioned that viewing pornographic footage of youngsters by way of the Web shouldn’t be against the law underneath the Data Know-how Act. This opinion was expressed by a Excessive Court docket bench headed by Justice M. Nagaprasanna. The bench heard a petition filed by N Inayatullah of Hoskote, searching for quashing of the case registered in opposition to him for viewing pornographic footage of youngsters. The bench ordered the quashing of the case.

The bench mentioned, ‘As talked about in Part 67B of the Data Know-how Act, any individual may be punished for making ready pornographic footage of youngsters and sharing them by way of digital gadgets. The applicant has not created little one pornography and it was not shared with anybody. It was simply seen. Thus there isn’t a offense underneath Part 67B.’

The bench additional mentioned, ‘Nevertheless, the petitioner seen the porn video. No crime was dedicated because of this incident. Thus, the case in opposition to the petitioner was registered by mistake and if it continues, it could be a misuse of legislation.’