A. S. BOPANNA, PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA
Apoorva Arora – Appellant
Versus
State (Govt. Of NCT Of Delhi) – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. The appellants/accused are the actors, casting director, script writers, creator of the web-series ‘College Romance’1[TVF Media Labs Private Ltd.], and the media company that owns the YouTube channel on which the web-series was hosted2[Contagious Online Media Network Pvt Ltd.]. They are sought to be investigated and prosecuted for production, transmission, and online publication of obscene and sexually-explicit material under Sections 67 and 67A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, 3[‘IT Act’ hereinafter.]. The appellants’ petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 19734[‘CrPC’ hereinafter.] for quashing the orders of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and Additional Sessions Judge directing registration of FIR against them was dismissed by the High Court by the order impugned before us. 5[In Criminal Miscellaneous Case No. 2399 of 2020, Criminal Miscellaneous Case No. 2215 of 2020 and Criminal Miscellaneous Case No. 2214 of 2020, judgment dated 06.03.2023 (‘Impugned judgment’ hereinafter).] Having considered the matter in detail and for the reasons to follow, we have allowed the appeal, s
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