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2024 Supreme(Del) 709

SWARANA KANTA SHARMA
Nandini Rai – Appellant
Versus
State of NCT of Delhi – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
Ms. Mamta Sharma & Mr. Rahul Chaudhary, Advocates, for the Petitioner.
Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for the State with Inspector Birender Singh, P.S.: Cyber Dwarka.

JUDGMENT

Swarana Kanta Sharma, J. - The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (`Cr.P.C.') on behalf of the petitioner seeking quashing of FIR bearing No.102/2022, registered at Police Station Cyber Police Station Dwarka, Delhi for offences punishable under Section 66D of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (`IT Act') and all subsequent criminal proceedings emanating thereof.

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that on 05.09.2022, a complaint was lodged by the complainant wherein she had alleged that she had been subjected to harassment for last four weeks through Instagram App. It was alleged that the accused had made fifth account on Instagram for the sole purpose of bullying and harassing the complainant. It was further alleged that the accused persons had been publishing photographs, abusive content and rumours about the complainant on Instagram which is a public platform. As alleged, the said rumours had been spread after the engagement of the complainant and messages had also been sent to her friends wherein abusive content had been shared with them. On these allegations, the present FIR was registered on 05.09.2022. Duri

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