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If someone uses abusive language against you online or photoshops your image into content which is abusive or sexually coloured, that person can be punished1 under the law. The abusive language or picture or video should:
- Relate to a feeling or revealing of a sexual interest or sexual desire against you or;
- Relate to any excessive interest in sexual matters or;
- Relate to content which would deprave or corrupt you, if you read or saw it online, like pornography.
The punishment for the first conviction is jail time up to three years and a fine up to five lakhs and for the second conviction, a jail term which may extend to five years and a fine up to ten lakhs.
1- Section 67, Information Technology Act, 2000. [↩]
Hello
Good evening
Here i pooja dhariwal..from a small village and i am suffer from a extreme mental abuse by a girl…the girl send me messeges….by saying she will tell my parents that i was having a boyfriend…and so many things…i am.totally tired of her…please help me…otherwise i will do something worse to my self.😓😓
Thank you
Yours respectfully
If you get anonymous threats online or you are blackmailed online, you can file a complaint with the cyber cell. To file a complaint, it is not necessary to know who is responsible for the crime. You should try and tell the police whatever you know, but you don’t have to know all the details. The person threatening or blackmailing you may be punished with jail time up to seven years or a fine or both.