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B'lore: Watching Obscene Movies in Private Not Offence - HC

  •   Tue, Apr 01 2008 04:35:15 PM

Daijiworld Media Network – Bangalore (MM/RD)

Bangalore, Apr 1: In a breakthrough verdict, the High Court (HC) here ruled that watching obscene films privately is not an offence. 

According to Indian Pinal Code (IPC) 292, producing obscene movies and selling them is an offence. But watching them privately will not amount to offence, clarified Justice K Bhaktavatsala on Monday, March 31.

The judgement comes after city cops had arrested three students when they were watching porn films privately. However, the court has dismissed the case and delivered its verdict. 

Deepankar Chowdhury, Subajith Roy and Preethan Das, students of Acharya Polytechnic Engineering College were arrested by Peenya police on November 30, 2005, on the ground that they were watching blue films on a computer belonging to Deepankar Chowdhury. Police had seized the computer and 3 CDs of blue films booked them under IPC Code 292. Later they were produced before the 7th additional chief metropolitan magistrate court.

The students moved HC challenging the ACMM court’s judgement. The HC dismissed the case awarding the judgement in their favour.

  

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  • yousaf, mangalore

    Thu, Apr 03 2008

    Thank you Mr. justice. Best of best judgement. IPC sec 292 is very clear there is no provision for any punishment for person watching the moive in private..the logic is simple & clear stop production then there is no question of selling & you cannot even think of seeing

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  • vinson vaz, kadri, Mangalore/Kuwait

    Tue, Apr 01 2008

    Wow what a breakthrough. What one does in private in the confines of his room or home is indeed not an offence. But according to the magistrate watching them in your own privacy is not an offence but producing and selling them is an offence. Well if porn movies are not made and sold how can one watch them? That again brings us to the conclusion if the Egg came first or the chicken!

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