Bangalore, April 1: The High Court on Monday held that privately watching obscene films does not constitute an offence under the Indian Penal Code, and quashed the criminal proceedings that had been launched against three college students.
Peenya police had caught Deepankar Chowdari, Subjit Roy and Preetan Das of Acharya Polytechnic and Engineering College, Bangalore on November 30, 2005 when they were watching obscene films on their personal computer, at their rented room in MEI Layout.
The 7th Additional Metropolitan Magistrate had taken cognisance of the case and initiated criminal proceeding. The students had challenged the action.
Allowing the petition, Justice K Bhaktavatsalaobserved that it is not the prosecution’s case that petitioners possessed ompact discs with obscene content for the purpose of sale, distribution or circulation.
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- Kamal Kumar Pandey (Adv. Supreme Court of India)
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