THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13528 of 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., to quash the proceedings against the petitioner in Crime No.324 of 2010 of Central Crime Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 66-A & 67 of the Information Technology Act 2008, 292 IPC, 4 of Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act and 4 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956. 2. Heard. 3. The allegations against the petitioner are that he, along with another person uploaded some opposing pictures of women in ‘chitchatters.net’ website. The Police of Cyber Crime P.S., seized the material and registered the above mentioned case against the petitioner. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that Sections 66-A and 67 of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 (for short ‘IT Act’) are not attracted to the present case and none of the ingredients are available for the present complaint. 5. Section 66-A and 67 of the IT Act are reads as under: “66-A Punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service etc:- Any person who sends, by means of a computer resource or a communication device,- (a) any information that is grossly offensive or has menacing character; or (b) any information which he knows to be false, but for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience, danger, obstruction, insult, injury, criminal intimidation, enmity, hatred or ill will, persistently by making use of such computer resource or a communication device; or (c) any electronic mail or electronic mail message for the purpose of causing annoyance or inconvenience or to deceive or to mislead the addressee or recipient about the origin of such messages, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine. 67. Publishing of information which is obscene in electronic form:- Whoever publishes or transmits or causes to be published in the electronic form, any material which is lascivious or appeals to the prurient interest or if its effect is such as to tend t deprave and corrupt persons who are likely, having regard to all relevant circumstances, to read, see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it, shall be punished on first conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years and with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees and in the event of a second or subsequent conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years and also with fine which may extend to two lakh rupees.” 6. After perusing the complaint, this Court is of the view that the said Sections are attracted to the facts and circumstances of the case. As far as the offences under Sections 292 IPC and 4 of the immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act are concerned, there is absolutely no material to prove the same. 7. Hence, the Criminal petition is allowed and the proceedings against the petitioner in Crime No.324 of 2010 of Central Crime Station, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed in this Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. ______________ RAJA ELANGO, J December 01, 2011. KTL