Case : Obscene e-mails

State : Maharashtra, India

City : Mumbai, India

Sections of Law 67 of IT Act 2000 r/w sec 2 of Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 1986.

Background The complainant received an e-mail stating that the sender had in his position some objectionable/morphed/obscene photographs of the complainant. The accused in this case demanded to meet the complainant. Failing to do so, the accused threatened to put these on the Internet and circulate these among her friends and relatives.

Investigation On receiving the complaint, the investigating team extracted the e-mail header to trace the IP address. This IP address was tracked down as a company. Using system logs, the exact computer used and its user were identified. The accused was arrested. The investigating team also seized the computer and some photographs of a look-alike of the victim from the accused. These evidences were sent to the forensic sciences laboratory, which confirmed that the seized computer contained evidence that implicated the accused in the incident.