CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER

2 28-01-2026 Heard Mr. Jitendra Kumar Bharti, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and Mr. Aditya Narayan Singh.1, learned APP for the State and Mr. Pramod Kumar Yadav, learned counsel for the informant.

2. The petitioners seek pre-arrest bail in connection with Andhara Thari P.S. Case No. 60 of 2025 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Sections 66D ,66E of the IT Act.

3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, the private photographs which were posted by the informant on her Instagram account were made viral by the petitioners and other co-accused persons named in the FIR.

4. Mr. Jitendra Kumar Bharti, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, who is without brief, proceeded to argue that informant is responsible for her own act, as she has put her photographs on Instagram account, knowingly that all the followers will have access to the same and as such, no case is made out under Sections 66(D) and 66(E) of the IT Act against the petitioners.

5. Mr. Pramod Kumar Yadav, learned counsel, has tendered his appearance on behalf of the informant and submitted that the informant has posted some