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Cyber Crime

dev-101 6 Jun 2014, 10:40

Dear Lawyers,

I am a victim of a Cyber crime.Someone illegally obtained a video/videos

of me most likely in my bedroom itself.This happened around 8 years ago

I suspect.I came to know of it in the year 2013.From IT security guys

whom I had hired and my own analysis,I have been under survelliance.

I suspect this had been going on for many decades since my college

days.This illegally obtained information is been continously circu-

lated to tarnish my image.One of my ex-close friends is involved

in distribution,though I suspect the main culprits as different.

I have only circumstantial evidence no direct evidence.How do I

proceed ? Can I lodge a police complaint against my suspect ?

Without any evidence it shouldn’t backfire to me ?

6 Replies

AnonymousLLB 15 Jun 2014, 09:57

Dear Sathish,

What kind of circumstantial evidence do you posses?

A crime may be registered under 66E of the IT Act in the nearest Police Station

Sec. 66E:

Whoever, intentionally or knowingly captures, publishes or transmits the image of a private area of any person without his or her consent, under circumstances violating the privacy of that person, shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to three years or with fine not exceeding two lakh

rupees, or with both.

Explanation:-For the purposes of this section -(a) “transmit” means to electronically send a visual image with the intent that it be viewed by a person

or persons;

(b) “capture”, with respect to an image, means to videotape, photograph, film or record by any means;

(c) “private area” means the naked or undergarment clad genitals, public area, buttocks or female

breast;

(d) “publishes” means reproduction in the printed or electronic form and making it available for public;

(e) “under circumstances violating privacy” mearts circumstances in which a person can have a

reasonable expectation that -(i) he or she could disrobe in privacy, without being concerned that an image of his private area was

being captured; or

(ii) any part of his or her private area would not be visible to the public, regardless of whether that

person is in a public or private place.

Please do post your feedback for further assistance.

AnonymousLLB 15 Jun 2014, 20:14

Circumstantial Evidence:

1.I hired an online security guy who told

various details.But his long gone and his

was an anonymous check.

2.My email,social networking sites and computer

have been hacked into.No evidence to prove this

as of now.

3.I was suspicious of this since a long time,

And in my city with a lot of people smiling

grining and me connecting the dots, I surmised

the obvious.

I know its vague,but its basically connecting

correlating various facts over many years,and

after confronting my ex-friend who promptly

said ’ dont involve me in this ’ implying

that he had a copy of it but the main culprits

are different.

May I know who you are ? Mr Anonymous

dev-101 17 Jun 2014, 10:31

Hello Sir are You there ?

dev-101 28 Jul 2017, 08:48

[quote=“dev-101” post=10461]Dear Lawyers,

I am a victim of a Cyber crime.Someone illegally obtained a video/videos

of me most likely in my bedroom itself.This happened around 8 years ago

I suspect.I came to know of it in the year 2013.From IT security guys

whom I had hired and my own analysis,I have been under survelliance.

I suspect this had been going on for many decades since my college

days.This illegally obtained information is been continously circu-

lated to tarnish my image.One of my ex-close friends is involved

in distribution,though I suspect the main culprits as different.

I have only circumstantial evidence no direct evidence.How do I

proceed ? Can I lodge a police complaint against my suspect ?

Without any evidence it shouldn’t backfire to me ?

Any cyber crime experts kindly can contact me

---h[/quote]

dev-101 7 Aug 2017, 20:43

How do I

proceed ? Can I lodge a police complaint against my suspect ?

Without any evidence it shouldn’t backfire to me ?

---Satish[/quote]

dev-101 19 Mar 2018, 11:04

[quote=“dev-101” post=10461]Dear Lawyers,

I am a victim of a Cyber crime.Someone illegally obtained a video/videos

of me most likely in my bedroom itself.This happened around 8 years ago

I suspect.I came to know of it in the year 2013.From IT security guys

whom I had hired and my own analysis,I have been under survelliance.

I suspect this had been going on for many decades since my college

days.This illegally obtained information is been continously circu-

lated to tarnish my image.One of my ex-close friends is involved

in distribution,though I suspect the main culprits as different.

I have only circumstantial evidence no direct evidence.How do I

proceed ? Can I lodge a police complaint against my suspect ?

Without any evidence it shouldn’t backfire to me ?

Any cyber crime experts kindly can contact me directly

---Satish[/quote]