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1.The applicant claims to be the State General Secretary of the youth wing of the Democratic Kerala Congress. He apprehends arrest in a crime registered arraying him as the 4^th accused at the Pala Police Station as Crime No.1309 of 2009. In the aforesaid Crime, he face accusations of having committed offences under Section 354(A)(3) of the IPC, Section 67A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and under Section 120 of the Kerala Police Act , 2011.

2.The de facto complainant is a lady and the author of a recently published book. She claims to be a social activist and is the wife of a sitting member of Parliament. In her complainant, the victim states that she is very active in social media and has a “Facebook” account through which she keeps in touch with her family and friends and interacts with her followers. She recently noticed the accused indulging in an organised vituperative campaign against her online. According to the de facto complainant, the accused have posted several comments in their facebook pages making scurrilous comments against her. The pictures of herself and her husband have also been posted, making her the subject of online sexual harassment. She has