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ETY’
S

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NASHI
K

REGULARCRI
MINALCASENO._
___OF2019

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STOFABBREVI
ATI
ONS……………………………………………………3

 LI
STOFAUTHORI
TIES……………………………………………………….
.4

 PRECEDENTS……………………………………………………………………5

 STATEMENTOFFACTS……………………………………………………….
7

 ARGUMENTSADVANCE ….
.……………………………………………….
..
.8

 PRAYER …………………………………………………….
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STOFABBREVI
ATI
ON

 AI
R:………………………………………………………….
All
Indi
aRepor
t

 Hon’
ble:
…………………………………………………….
.Honor
abl
e

 HC:
………………………………………………………….
.Hi
ghCour
t

 SC:
………………………………………………………….
.Supr
emeCour
t

 SCC:
………………………………………………………….
Supr
emeCour
tCases

 Sec:
………………………………………………………….
.Sect
ion

 MH.
L.J………………………………………………………Mahar
asht
raLawJour
nal

3
 LI
STOFAUTHORI
TIES

STATUTESREFERED

 I
NDI
ANPENALCODE,
1860

 CRI
MINALPROCEDURECODE,
1973

 I
NDI
ANEVI
DENCEACT,
1872

 I
NFORMATI
ONTECHNOLOGYACT,
2000

BOOKS REFERRED

 BATUKLAL,
LAW OFEVI
DENCE

 RATANLALANDDHI
RAJLAL,
LAW OFCRI
MES

 RATANLALANDDHI
RAJLAL,
CODEOFCRI
MINALPROCEDURE

DI
CTI
ONARY

 OXFORDDI
CTI
ONARY

4
 PRECEDENTS

 St
ateofGuj
ratv
s.Ki
shanbhai
(2014)5SCC108

5
 Bef
ore

THEHON’
BLEJUDI
CALMAGI
STRATEFI
RSTCLASS,
NASHI
K
I
NTHEMATTEROF

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NANT

VERSUS

AMOLMANOJPURI …………………… ACCUSED

6
 STATEMENTSOFFACTS

On1stFebr
uar
y2019,
thei
nfor
manti
.e.SheenaJadhavbr
okeupwi
tht
heAccusedi
.e.

AmolPur
i.Af
tert
hatt
heaccusedf
rom 1stFebr
uar
yto8th Febr
uar
y,cont
inuousl
y

cal
l
edt
hei
nfor
mant
,text
edherandf
oll
owedher
.Lat
ert
heaccusedcr
eat
edaf
ake

emai
lid,usedt
hatemai
ltocr
eat
eawebsi
te.Het
henpost
edobsceneandsexual
l
y

expl
i
citphot
osoft
hei
nfor
mantont
hewebsi
tewhi
chwer
etakenbyhi
m wi
thouther

knowl
edgeandconsent
.Het
henusedt
heemai
ltocr
eat
eaf
akef
acebookaccount

i
nthenameoft
hei
nfor
mantandusedherphot
ooni
t.Het
hensentf
ri
endr
equest
s

t
othef
ami
l
yandf
ri
endsoft
hei
nfor
mantandwheni
twasaccept
ed,t
heaccused

sentt
hem t
hroughf
acebookl
i
nkoft
heabov
esai
dwebsi
tecont
aini
ngobsceneand

sexual
l
yexpl
i
citphot
osoft
hei
nfor
mant
.

7
 ARGUMENTS

I
tishumbl
ysubmi
tt
edbef
oret
heHon’
bleCour
tthat-

1)Theaccusedhasbeenchar
gedwi
thsect
ions354D and509ofI
.P.
C.and

sect
ions66C,
66E,
67,
67Aoft
heI
nfor
mat
ionandTechnol
ogyAct
.

2)I
tis al
l
eged t
hat on 09/
02/
2019 accused had cr
eat
ed a websi
tei
.e.
‘
amazi
ngst
uff
.com’andpost
edsomeobsceneandsexual
l
yexpl
i
citphot
osof
t
hei
nfor
mant
.

I
tisal
soal
l
egedt
hataccusedal
socr
eat
edFacebookaccounti
nthenameof
i
nfor
mantandsentf
ri
endr
equestt
ofr
iendsandf
ami
l
ymember
sofi
nfor
mant
.

Ther
eaf
terwhenf
ri
endr
equestwer
eaccept
ed,accusedsendt
hel
i
nkoft
he
websi
tecont
ainst
heobsceneandsexual
l
yexpl
i
citphot
osoft
hei
nfor
mant
.

I
tisal
so al
l
eged t
hataccused cal
l
ed t
he i
nfor
mantand st
aked herf
rom
01/
02/
2019t
o08/
02/
2019.

3)Asf
arasont
hei
ssueofst
aki
ngi
sconcer
nthecour
thast
obel
i
evet
hev
ersi
on
oft
hei
nfor
mant
,inhercr
ossexami
nat
ionatExhi
bit
__,sheadmi
tst
hataf
ter
br
eakupt
heywer
egi
venacommonpr
oject,
theywer
epr
ojectpar
tner
sbecause
t
heywer
epr
ojectpar
tner
s,t
heyhadt
obei
ntouchwi
theachot
her
.

Fur
ther
,shehasal
soadmi
tt
edt
hatt
heyhadt
osubmi
tthei
rsai
dpr
ojecton
10/
02/
2019andwhent
heor
igi
nalcopyoft
hepr
ojectwasshownt
oher
,she
hasal
soadmi
tt
edt
hedocumentwhi
chi
satExhi
bit
__.

Now,i
tiscl
eart
hatt
heywer
ePr
ojectPar
tner
sandt
heyhadt
osubmi
tthei
r
pr
ojecton 10/
02/
2019.Now,per
iod whi
ch she al
l
eges i
s 01/
02/
2019 t
o
08/
02/
2019i
.e.j
ustbef
oredat
eofsubmi
ssi
on.

I
tisnor
mal
andj
ust
if
iabl
ethataccusedusedt
ocal
l
sheronl
yfort
hepur
poseof
col
l
egepr
ojectast
hepr
ojectwast
odonej
oint
lybybot
hoft
hem.

8
 ThePr
ovi
soofCl
ause1of354DofI
PCodecl
ear
lyst
atest
hat
-

 
Prov
idedt
hatsuchconductshal
lnotamountt
ost
alki
ngi
fthemanwho
pur
suedi
tpr
ovest
hat
—

(
3)i
nthe par
ti
cul
arci
rcumst
ances such conductwas r
easonabl
e and
j
ust
if
ied.

I
nthepr
esentmat
ter
,theCol
l
egePr
ojectwhi
chi
satExhi
bit
___i
ssuf
fi
cient
pr
ooft
opr
ovet
hatt
heactoft
heaccusedwer
ejust
if
iedandr
easonabl
e.

Hence,
Off
enceu/
354Di
snotmadeout
.

4)Asf
arasot
herchar
gesar
econcer
ned,
thecounselonbehal
fofaccusedwoul
d
l
i
ket
osubmi
tthat
,ifwegot
hrought
hecr
ossexami
nat
ionofPW1&PW2at
Exhi
bit
___&Exhi
bit
___
,thel
apt
opwhi
chcar
ri
edal
ltheal
l
egedphot
ogr
aphswas
oston20thDecember2018i
l tsel
f.

I
nfor
mant
(PW1)al
soadmi
tsi
nhercr
ossexami
nat
ionwhi
chi
satExhi
bit
__,
that
t
heybot
haccusedandi
nfor
mantusedi
nfor
mant
’sl
apt
opt
opr
epar
eal
lpr
oject
document
sasaccusedl
apt
opwasst
olenf
rom hi
sHost
elr
oom atKr
ishiNagar
,
Nashi
k.

Fur
therI
nvest
igat
ingOf
fi
cer
(PW2)al
soi
nhi
scr
ossexami
nat
ionwhi
chi
sat
Exhi
bit
__,admi
tst
her
ewasaFI
RlodgedbyaccusedatSar
kar
wadaPol
i
ce
St
ati
on, kon20thDecember2018i
Nashi tsel
f.

Thesamecopyoft
heFI
Rwaspr
oducebef
oret
heHon’
bleCour
twi
tht
heBai
l
Appl
i
cat
ionandI
nvest
igat
ingOf
fi
cer(
PW2)hasal
soi
ndent
if
iedt
hecopyoft
he
FI
Rwhi
chi
satExhi
bit
___.

5)Now,
prosecut
ionhascamewi
that
heor
ythatI
Pusedt
ocr
eat
eal
lID’
s,Websi
te
andsendi
ngoft
hewebsi
tel
i
nkt
othef
ami
l
y&f
ri
endsoft
hei
nfor
mantwasof
t
heaccusedl
apt
op.

Al
thoughLapt
ophasnotbeensei
zedf
rom t
heaccuseddur
ingoraf
terhi
s
ar
restbyt
hepol
i
ce.

Ther
efor
e,accusedwasusi
ngt
heI
P att
her
elev
antt
imei
sthef
igmentof
i
magi
nat
ion,t
her
eisnodi
rectpr
ooft
oconnectaccused&t
ohol
daccused
r
esponsi
blef
ort
hecommi
ssi
onoft
heal
l
egedof
fences.

9
6)I
tisal
so mat
eri
alt
o not
ethatwhenaccused mov
ed t
heBai
lAppl
i
cat
ion,
accusedhadment
ionedaboutt
hel
ostl
apt
opandpr
oducedt
heFI
Rwi
tht
he
Bai
lAppl
i
cat
ionoft
hesamepol
i
cest
atonon20thDecember2018.
i

Now,
IOhadf
il
edar
epl
y,I
nvest
igat
ingOf
fi
cer(
PW2)i
sconf
ront
edt
hat‘
Yes,
he
hasf
il
edr
epl
ytot
heBai
lAppl
i
cat
ion’
.

So,i
tiscr
yst
alcl
eart
hatI
nvest
igat
ingOf
fi
cer(
PW2)wasdef
ini
tel
yawar
ethat
Lapt
opwasst
olen,
itwasnoti
naccusedcust
ody
.

Yett
hei
nvest
igat
ioni
scompl
etel
ysi
l
entwi
thr
espectt
owhatwast
hef
ateof
t
hecompl
aintt
hataccusedhadf
il
edi
nthesamepol
i
cest
ati
on,
ther
efor
eitwas
easi
l
yaccessi
blet
oInv
est
igat
ingOf
fi
cer(
PW2)
.

So,
theBestEv
idenceav
ail
abl
ehaspur
posel
ynotbr
oughtonr
ecor
dbecause
i
fthei
nvest
igat
ion wasdoneon t
hatl
i
ne,i
twoul
d hav
erev
eal
ed t
hatI
P
Addr
esses&Lapt
opwasnoti
naccusedcust
odyatt
het
imeofcommi
ssi
onof
t
heof
fence,
theI
nvest
igat
ingOf
fi
cer(
PW2)woul
dnotbookedt
heaccused.

7)Fur
theri
tisal
somat
eri
alt
onot
ethat
,theConductoft
heI
nvest
igat
ingOf
fi
cer
(
PW2)i
sver
ydoubt
fuli
nnat
ureas-

I
nvest
igat
ingOf
fi
cer(
PW2)hi
msel
fadmi
tsi
nhi
scr
ossexami
nat
ionwhi
chi
sat

Exhi
bit_
__,t
hathei
sther
elat
iveoft
hemot
herofcompl
ainant
,hei
smat
ernal
uncl
eoft
hecompl
ainant
.

Andt
hemostsuspi
cioust
hingt
onot
ethati
sInv
est
igat
ingOf
fi
cer(
PW2)i
snot
communi
cat
ingt
hroughhi
sof
fi
cial
l
ymai
lId.

Whywoul
dhedot
hat
?

Becausehewast
ryi
ngt
ofal
sel
yimpl
i
cat
etheaccusedi
nthi
spar
ti
cul
arcase.

Now,
nat
ural
l
ythenextdoubtr
aisesi
nthemi
ndi
sthatWhywoul
dInv
est
igat
ing
Of
fi
cer(
PW2)woul
ddot
hat
?Whatwashi
sint
ent
ion&mot
ivebehi
ndi
t?

Her
easal
readyadmi
tt
edbyI
nvest
igat
ingOf
fi
cer(
PW2)hi
msel
fthathei
s
mat
ernaluncl
eoft
hei
nfor
mant
,nat
ural
l
yhei
sli
kel
ytodosucht
hingashehas
cl
eari
nter
esti
ndoi
ngt
his.

10
 8)Comi
ngf
urt
heronnextpoi
ntt
hati
smostcr
uci
alt
onot
ethat
,ast
owhywoul
d
t
he NodalOf
fi
cer
s ofr
elev
antcompani
es woul
d communi
cat
e wi
tht
he
I
nvest
igat
ingOf
fi
cer(
PW2)per
sonal
l
yandpr
ovi
dehi
mtheseal
ltheRepor
ts.

TheNodalOf
fi
cer
sofFacebook,Wi
x,Bhar
tiAi
rt
el,BSNLandRedi
ff
mai
lar
e
onl
yboundt
orepl
yandpr
ovi
desuchcr
uci
alandpr
ivat
einf
ormat
iononl
ytot
he
of
fi
cial
l
ymai
li
dofNashi
kCommi
ssi
onerOf
fi
ceort
oCy
berCel
l
,Nashi
konl
y.

TheNodalOf
fi
cer
shav
enor
easont
orepl
yandpr
ovi
desuchi
nfor
mat
iont
othe
I
nvest
igat
ingOf
fi
cerper
sonal
l
yinhi
sper
sonal
l
ycapaci
ty.

9)Ther
efor
e,I
tisv
erycl
eart
hatt
heI
nvest
igat
ingOf
fi
cer(
PW2)hascr
eat
edal
lthe
f
alser
epor
tswhi
char
eannexedi
ntheFi
nalRepor
tofPol
i
cewi
thacl
ear
i
ntent
iont
ofal
sel
yimpl
i
cat
etheaccusedi
nthi
scr
ime.

Fur
therHehasal
soacl
earMot
iveandI
ntent
iont
odosowhi
chhasal
ready
submi
tt
edbef
oret
hisHon’
bleCour
t.

10)So,
itr
aisesdoubt
sint
hemi
ndoft
heHon’
bleCour
tandt
hecr
edi
bil
i
tyi
slost
.

AndI
ftheHon’
bleCour
ttakesal
ltheci
rcumst
ancesi
ntoconsi
der
ati
on,t
he
pr
osecut
ionhasmi
ser
abl
yfai
l
edt
opr
ovet
hecasebey
ondr
easonabl
edoubt
.

Ast
her
eisnodi
rectev
idencet
oconnectaccuseswi
tht
hecommi
ssi
onoft
he
of
fence.

Ther
efor
e,Ipr
ayt
heHon’
bleCour
ttoacqui
tmycl
i
entandal
sor
ecor
dfi
ndi
ngs
whet
hert
hel
apseont
hepar
tof I
nvest
igat
ingOf
fi
ceri
nInv
est
igat
ionwas
bl
amewor
thy
.

Andal
sodi
rectt
heHomeDepar
tmentofMahar
asht
rat
otakeaDepar
tment
al
act
ionagai
nstt
heI
nvest
igat
ingOf
fi
cer
,Mr
.Rane.

Aspergui
del
i
nei
ssuedbyt
heApexCour
tint
hecaseof–

1
St
ateofGuj
ratvs.Ki
shanbhai,Iwoul
dli
ket
oquot
ePar
a21,
Par
a22andPar
a
23oft
heKi
shanbhai
’
sJudgment
-

1
(
2014)5SCC108

11
“
21. On t
he cul
minat
ion of a cr
imi
nal case i
n acqui
tt
al,t
he concer
ned
i
nvest
igat
ing/
prosecut
ingof
fi
cial
(s)r
esponsi
blef
orsuchacqui
tt
almustnecessar
il
ybe
i
dent
if
ied.Af
indi
ngneedst
ober
ecor
dedi
neachcase,
whet
hert
hel
apsewasi
nnocent
orbl
amewor
thy
.Eacher
ri
ngof
fi
cermustsuf
fert
heconsequencesofhi
slapse,by
appr
opr
iat
edepar
tment
alact
ion,whenev
ercal
l
edf
or.Taki
ngi
ntoconsi
der
ati
ont
he
ser
iousnessoft
hemat
ter
,theconcer
nedof
fi
cialmaybewi
thdr
awnf
rom i
nvest
igat
ive
r
esponsi
bil
i
ties,per
manent
lyort
empor
ari
l
y,dependi
ngpur
elyonhi
scul
pabi
l
ity
.We
al
sof
eelcompel
l
edt
orequi
ret
headopt
ionofsomei
ndi
spensabl
emeasur
es,whi
ch
mayr
educe t
he mal
adysuf
fer
ed bypar
ti
es on bot
h si
des ofcr
imi
nall
i
tigat
ion.
Accor
dingl
ywedi
rect
,theHomeDepar
tmentofev
erySt
ateGov
ernment
,tof
ormul
atea
pr
ocedur
e f
or t
aki
ng act
ion agai
nst al
l er
ri
ng i
nvest
igat
ing/
prosecut
ing
of
fi
cial
s/of
fi
cer
s.Al
lsucher
ri
ngof
fi
cial
s/of
fi
cer
sident
if
ied,asr
esponsi
blef
orf
ail
ure
ofapr
osecut
ioncase,onaccountofsheernegl
i
genceorbecauseofcul
pabl
elapses,
mustsuf
ferdepar
tment
alact
ion.Theabov
emechani
sm f
ormul
atedwoul
dinf
use
ser
iousnessi
ntheper
for
manceofi
nvest
igat
ingandpr
osecut
ingdut
ies,andwoul
d
ensur
ethati
nvest
igat
ionandpr
osecut
ionar
epur
posef
ulanddeci
si
ve.Thei
nst
ant
di
rect
ionshal
lal
sobegi
venef
fectt
owi
thi
n6mont
hs.

22.Acopyoft
hei
nst
antj
udgmentshal
lbet
ransmi
tt
edbyt
heRegi
str
yoft
hisCour
t,t
o
t
heHomeSecr
etar
iesofal
lSt
ateGov
ernment
sandUni
onTer
ri
tor
ies,
wit
hinoneweek.
Al
lthe concer
ned Home Secr
etar
ies,shal
lensur
e compl
i
ance oft
he di
rect
ions
r
ecor
dedabov
e.Ther
ecor
dsofconsi
der
ati
on,i
ncompl
i
ancewi
tht
heabov
edi
rect
ion,
shal
lbemai
ntai
ned.

23.Wehopeandt
rustt
heHomeDepar
tmentoft
heSt
ateofGuj
arat
,wi
l
lident
if
ythe
er
ri
ng of
fi
cer
sint
hei
nst
antcase,and wi
l
ltakeappr
opr
iat
edepar
tment
alact
ion
agai
nstt
hem,
asmaybeconsi
der
edappr
opr
iat
e,i
naccor
dancewi
thl
aw.
”

12
 PRAYER

I
nli
ghtoft
hei
ssuesr
aised,ar
gument
sadv
ancedandaut
hor
it
iesci
ted,t
hecounsel

f
ort
heaccusedhumbl
ypr
ayst
hatt
heHon’
bleCour
tbepl
easedt
oadj
udge,
hol
dand

decl
are:

1.That
,theaccusedbeacqui
tt
edf
oral
lchar
gesmadeagai
nsthi
m.

2.That
,thedi
rectt
heHomeDepar
tmentofMahar
asht
rat
otakeaDepar
tment
al

act
ionagai
nstt
heI
nvest
igat
ingOf
fi
cerasperDi
rect
ionsofSupr
emei
nCour
tin

St
ateofGuj
ratv
s.Ki
shanbhai
Judgment
.

Andpassanyor
dert
hatt
hisHon’
bleCour
tmaydeem f
iti
nthei
nter
estofequi
ty,
just
iceand

goodconsci
ence.

Andf
ort
hisactofki
ndness,
thecounsel
fort
heaccusedshal
ldut
yboundf
orev
er

pr
ay.

Pl
ace–Nashi
k.
Dat
e– Mar
ch,
2020

Sd/
-
( f
CounselorAccused)

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