IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE KAUSER EDAPPAGATH WEDNESDAY, THE 23^RD DAY OF FEBRUARY 2022 / 4TH PHALGUNA, 1943 CRL.MC NO. 3654 OF 2021 AGAINST SC 61/2021 OF ADDITIONAL SESSIONS (CASES RELATING TO ATROCITIES AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & CHILDREN), COURT ERNAKULAM PETITIONER/ 2 n d ACCUSED:

MANUAL AGED 22 YEARS S/O. BOBAN, PUTHENPURAKKAL HOUSE, ARTHUNGAL, CHERTHALA, ALAPPUZHA.

BY ADVS.

ANIL KUMAR M.SIVARAMAN C.CHANDRASEKHARAN RESPONDENT:

1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM, KOCHI - 682031.

2 THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, CENTRAL POLICE STATION, ERNAKULAM -682031.

SMT M K PUSHPALATHA -SR PP THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16.02.2022, THE COURT ON 23.02.2022 PASSED THE FOLLOWING:

“C.R.”

O R D E R Dated this the 23^rd day of February, 2022 Is the Creator or Administrator of a WhatsApp group criminally liable for offensive content posted by a group member?

2. Gone are the days, when we used short message service or a formal website chat-box to communicate with our kith and kin. They were replaced by personalised messaging apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Viber etc. Launche