Beware! Sharing derogatory jokes or morphed pictures on Facebook, Twitter Which could land you in jail for 3 to 6 years
Mangalore, Aug 25: Social
media has been used many times by anti-social elements in order to
spread hatred and provoke communal riots in our country. Anti-social
elements share provocative posts and pictures on social platforms
like Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp to incite violence. Now Mangalore
police will book persons forwarding or sharing derogatory jokes, videos
and morphed pictures on social media with a malicious intent under
Section 505 of Indian Penal Code. It means if the person is found guilty
under section 505, he might get punishment upto 6 years or fine or
both.
The cops have decided to book people
sharing hatred on social media through provocative posts, morphed
pictures and derogatory jokes under Section 505 of the IPC to curb the
crime. “We are in the process of charge-sheeting three persons in
different cases that took place in April, where the accused spread
rumours on social media platform in order to create tension in society,”
Chandra Sekhar, city police commissioner was quoted as saying by the Times of India.
Police decided to take harsh steps after
several police personnel received such hateful messages. The police
also received information of violence and when they forwarded it to
verify, it turned out to be hoax. “This will not happen anymore and
anyone doing such mischievous thing will be arrested and booked under
sections available under IPC 505. It is easy to retrieve any information
sent by user these days by using technology,” warned the commissioner.
There have been few incident when police
booked culprits under Section 505 of the IPC. In Madhya Pradesh, two
youth were booked under same section for forwarding morphed images of
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. Section 505 of the IPC says whoever makes,
publishes or circulates any statement, rumour or report (b) with intent
to cause, or which is likely to cause, fear or alarm to the public, or
to any section of the public whereby any person may be induced to commit
an offence against the State or against the public tranquillity; or (c)
with intent to incite, or which is likely to incite, any class or
community of persons to commit any offence against any other class or
community, shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to six
to three years or with fine, or with both.
There have been several incidents in
last few years when communal harmony was disturbed due to provocative
and derogatory posts on social media. The mob, that lynched Mohammad
Akhlaq was also provoked by pictures of cow meat. There have been
several videos of people beating people of other communities and faith.
Such video sowed the seed of hatred in young minds which eventually
cause damage to secular fabric of the country.
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