JUDGEMENT

( Delivered on 06 / 04 / 2021) This Criminal Appeal has been filed under Section 374 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Coder, 1973 against the judgment dated 8.1.2018 passed by the First Additional Sessions Judge, Jaora, District-Ratlam in S.T. No.258/2015, whereby the learned Judge of the Sessions Court finding the appellant guilty, has convicted him for an offence under Section 66C of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (hereinafter referred as the I.T. Act) and has sentenced him to :2: Cr.A.No.659-2018 rigorous imprisonment for three years and a fine of Rs.2000/- with default clause.

2. The facts giving rise to the present appeal are that, on 24.9.2014, one G.B. Bamankar, Principal of G.T. Polytechnic College, Jaora filed a complaint before the Superintendent of Police Cyber Cell District-Ratlam to the effect that an e-mail has been forwarded to him by Dr. Ashish Dongare which has been sent to him by one Pankaj Kanthed's e-mail ID who is posted as Lab Technician in the said College and when G.B. Bamankar enquired regarding the said e-mail from Pankaj Kanthed, he informed that the said