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HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
M. NAGAPRASANNA, J
INAYATHULLA N – Appellant
Versus
STATE BY POLICE SUB-INSPECTOR BENGALURU CEN CRIME POLICE STATION, BANGALORE DISTRICT – Respondent
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| 1. summary of facts leading to the registration of the fir. (Para 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 2. legal analysis of whether the act constituted an offence under the it act. (Para 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 3. court's final decision to quash the proceedings. (Para 9) |
ORDER
The petitioner is before this Court calling in question the proceedings in Crime No.200/2023 registered for offence punishable under Section 67B of the Information Technology Act, 2008 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act' for short).
2. Heard the learned counsel Sri.S.Jagan Babu, appearing for the petitioner and the learned HCGP Sri.Harish Ganapathi, appearing for respondent No.1.
3. The facts in brief, germane, are as follows:
A compliant comes to be registered against the petitioner on an incident that happens on 23.03.2022. The incident is that the petitioner, between 3:50 p.m. to 4:40 p.m., has viewed a website, which holds in it pornographic material of children. This is noticed by the cyber Tipline, which placed an alert on its Tipline with regard to the IP address. IP address led to the mobile number of the petitioner and then to his address. A complaint then comes to be registered on 03.05.2023 after about two months on the afo
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