{"id":311599,"date":"2024-01-17T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T06:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=311599"},"modified":"2024-01-25T09:52:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T04:22:04","slug":"merely-watching-child-porn-not-an-offence-under-pocso-act-or-s-67b-it-act-madras-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/01\/17\/merely-watching-child-porn-not-an-offence-under-pocso-act-or-s-67b-it-act-madras-high-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Is watching child pornography an offence under POCSO Act or S. 67B of IT Act? Madras High Court answers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Madras High Court:<\/span> In a petition filed under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">482<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Criminal Procedure Code, 1973<\/a> (&#8216;CrPC&#8217;), praying to quash the criminal proceedings against the accused alleging downloading of pornographic materials pertaining to children in his mobile phone, N. Anand Venkatesh, J. while quashing the criminal proceedings against the accused, does not hold him guilty of the offence under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001540659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">67-B<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002796572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information Technology Act, 2000<\/a> (&#8216;IT Act&#8217;) and Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001550491\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14(1)<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002825996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protection of Child from Sexual Offences Act, 2012<\/a> (&#8216;POCSO&#8217;).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The accused was charged for offences under Sections 67-B of IT Act and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001550491\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14(1)<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002825996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">POCSO<\/a>. The Court noted that as per the Forensic Science Department, a report was given by the analyst specifically identifying two files which contain child pornography content. Two videos were downloaded and available on the mobile phone belonging to the accused and it was neither published nor transmitted to others and it was within the private domain of the accused.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court said that to make out an offence under Section 14(1) POCSO, a child or children must have been used for pornography purposes. Thus, the accused should have used the child for pornographic purposes. Even if the accused had watched child pornography video, that strictly would not fall within the scope of Section 14(1) POCSO. Since he has not used a child or children for pornographic purposes, it can only be construed as a moral decay on the part of the accused person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Further, it added that to constitute an offence under Section 67-B of IT Act, the accused must have published, transmitted, created material depicting children in sexually explicit act or conduct. Thus, merely watching a child pornography, per se, is not an offence under Section 67-B of IT Act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court remarked that teenagers in today&#8217;s world are facing a new challenge from gadgets, which bombards them with all kinds of information without any censor, at the touch of a button. There is a growing rise in addiction watching porn photos\/videos due to easily availability in the electronic gadgets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">While perusing the principles of &#8220;operant conditioning&#8221; for explaining porn addiction, where a certain behavior is reinforced, or rewarded, which in turn makes you want to do it again and again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court said quashing the criminal proceedings alone will not help the accused, and the accused must help himself by getting rid of the addiction. Further, it advised the accused to attend counseling, if he is still afflicted with this addiction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">S. Harish v Inspector of Police, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/AK89JbS7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 SCC OnLine Mad 2<\/a>, decided on 11-01-2024<\/span>]<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For Petitioner:<\/span> Advocate. J.N. Naresh Kumar<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For Respondents:<\/span> Additional Public Prosecutor A. Damodaran<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000080;\">Buy Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=1309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=1309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/protection-of-children-from-sexual-offences-act-2012-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"protection of children from sexual offences act, 2012\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-294600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/protection-of-children-from-sexual-offences-act-2012-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/protection-of-children-from-sexual-offences-act-2012-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/protection-of-children-from-sexual-offences-act-2012-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/protection-of-children-from-sexual-offences-act-2012-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/protection-of-children-from-sexual-offences-act-2012.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/protection-of-children-from-sexual-offences-act-2012-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000080;\">Buy Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=1031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=1031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Code of Criminal Procedure\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-294422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;Due to accessibility of sexually explicit material on the internet, porn addiction is becoming a growing concern in teenagers. With the click of a button, they can be exposed to endless pages of adult content&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67512,"featured_media":298865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[64442,11941,2567,9471,64443,23204,64444,64441],"class_list":["post-311599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-child-porn","tag-crpc","tag-Madras_High_Court","tag-offence","tag-operant-conditioning","tag-pocso","tag-porn-addiction","tag-s-67b-of-it-act"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merely watching child porn not an offence under POCSO Act or S. 67B of IT Act: Madras High Court | SCC Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Madras High Court held that merely watching child porn is not an offence under POCSO Act or S. 67B of IT Act\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/01\/17\/merely-watching-child-porn-not-an-offence-under-pocso-act-or-s-67b-it-act-madras-high-court\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is watching child pornography an offence under POCSO Act or S. 67B of IT Act? 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