Heard

Sri

Harshawardhan

M.Patil,

learned

counsel for the petitioner, Smt.Girija S.Hiremath,

learned

High

Court

Government

Pleader

for

respondent No.1-State and Sri Santosh B.Rawoot,

learned counsel for respondent No.2. Perused the

records.

2.

The present petition is filed under Section

482 of Cr.P.C. with the following prayer :-

"To quash the registration of the FIR

and complaint in City CEN Cr. No.21/2019

Belagavi,

for

the

offence

punishable

u/sec.66E of Information Technology Act,

2000 by the City CEN Police pending on

the file of III JMFC Belagavi.”

3.

The brief facts of the case are as under :-

A complaint came to be lodged by Shayeesta

Aga w/o Yusuf Aga with Belagavi CEN Police which

was registered in Crime No.21/2019 on 02.10.2019

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for

the

offence

punishable

U/sec.66E

of

the

Information Technology Act, 2000.

3.1 Gist of the complaint averments reveal

that

the

petitioner

herein

has

opened

a

fake

instagram account in the name of the complainant

and posted obscene and obnoxious posts in the said

instagram account. On noticing the same, she has

lodged a complaint with the police to take action

against the petitioner.

3.2 Police

after

registering

the

case

are

investigating