Kolkata: A youth has been awarded five years of imprisonment along with a fine worth Rs 9,000 for circulating nude pictures of a woman in Tamluk. Both the woman and the youth are the residents of Panskura in East Midnapore.
According to Bibhas Chatterjee, Public Prosecutor of state Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the accused youth had relation with a woman.
In 2017, January after they broke up, he allegedly started blackmailing the woman. However, the woman stopped all sorts of communication and did not pay heed to the blackmailing.
Later, she came to know that the youth had shared her nude pictures and videos in a porn website which was reshared in various other similar websites.
The youth also disclosed her identity on the websites. On January 20, 2017, the woman had lodged a complaint against the youth. Later the case was taken up by the Cyber Crime section of CID. After the investigation police submitted charge-sheet and trial of case started.
Within six months, Chatterjee proved the allegations and the youth was declared guilty. The third Judicial Magistrate (JM) of Tamluk Court awarded the youth with five years imprisonment along with a fine worth Rs 9,000 during February last year.
Following the verdict, the youth appealed for retrial before the third Additional District Judge (ADJ), Tamluk.
He was granted bail during the hearings. On Wednesday third ADJ upheld the verdict of the third JM and asked the youth to surrender within 15 days in order to complete his imprisonment term.