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The Indian Police Journalmessage group. E-mails were also forwarded to the victim forinformation by the accused through a false e-mail accountopened by him in the name of the victim. The posting of themessage resulted in annoying phone calls to the lady in thebelief that she was soliciting.Based on a complaint made by the victim in February 2004,the police traced the accused to Mumbai and arrested himwithin the next few days. The accused was a known familyfriend of the victim and was reportedly interested in marryingher. She, however, married another person. This marriagelater ended in divorce and the accused started contacting heronce again. On her reluctance to marry him, the accused tookup the harassment through the Internet.469 and 509 IPC before The Hon’ble Addl. CMM, Egmore byciting 18 witnesses and 34 documents and material objects.However, the court based on the expert witness of Naaviand other evidence produced, including the witness of theCyber Cafe owners came to the conclusion that the crime wasconclusively proved.The court has also held that because of the meticulousinvestigation carried on by the I.O., the origination of theobscene message was traced out and the real culprit has beenbrought before the Court of Law.“The accused is found guilty of offences under Sectionconvicted and is sentenced for the offence to undergosentenced to undergo 1-year Simple Imprisonment andIT Act, 2000 to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for 2concurrently.”Case II: Section 69 was incorporated under the I.T. Act, 2000 whichsays that the Right to Privacy can be taken away only by the114 January - March, 2013