{"id":48880,"date":"2017-07-05T02:59:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T21:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=48880"},"modified":"2017-07-05T02:59:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T21:29:32","slug":"offensive-posts-scst-social-media-offence-delhi-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/offensive-posts-scst-social-media-offence-delhi-hc","title":{"rendered":"Offensive posts against SC\/ST on social media an offence: Delhi HC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_48757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48757\" style=\"width: 271px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"48757\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-frees-rape-accused-unreliable-testimony-woman\/testomony\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?fit=271%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"271,186\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"testomony\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?fit=271%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-48757 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?resize=271%2C186&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Offensive posts against SC\/ST on social media an offence: Delhi HC\" width=\"271\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?w=271&amp;ssl=1 271w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?resize=146%2C100&amp;ssl=1 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Offensive posts against SC\/ST on social media an offence: Delhi HC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Offensive statements on the social media like Facebook, whether private or public and intended to humiliate someone belonging to the scheduled caste or scheduled tribe communities, would be a punishable offence, the Delhi High Court has said.<\/p>\n<p>However, generalised statements against all and sundry and not against a specific individual from SC\/ST community would not be an offence under section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Justice Vipin Sanghi said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To my mind, it would make no difference whether the privacy settings (on social media accounts) are set by the author of the offending post to private or public.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pertinently, section 3(1)(x) of the Act does not require that the intentional insult or intimidation with intention to humiliate a member of SC\/ST should take place in the presence of the said member.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even if the victim is not present, and behind his\/her back, the offending insult or intimidation with intention to humiliate him\/her, who is a member of SC\/ST takes place, the same would be culpable if it takes place within public view,&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>Under Section 3(1)(x) of the SC\/ST Act, it is an offence if someone makes statements which intentionally insults or intimidates with an intent to humiliate a member of such communities in any place within public view.<\/p>\n<p>The court said in the case of social media platforms, public view would include any independent or impartial witness who has seen an offensive statement.<\/p>\n<p>It, however, said that &#8220;generalised statements against all and sundry, and not against specific individuals belonging to SC\/ST, would not make out an offence under section 3(1)(x) of the Act&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The observations came as the court quashed an FIR lodged by a woman against her sister-in-law for allegedly making offensive statements on Facebook against the &#8216;dhobi&#8217; community.<\/p>\n<p>The complainant had accused her sister-in-law of making the statements to humiliate her as she belonged to the &#8216;dhobi&#8217; community.<\/p>\n<p>The sister-in-law refuted the allegations and sought quashing of the FIR saying the statements about &#8216;dhobis&#8217; were made on her Facebook &#8216;wall&#8217; and the complainant had been blocked from viewing it.<\/p>\n<p>The police, on the other hand, opposed the quashing of the FIR saying the privacy status of the posts were changed by the petitioner\/accused woman from &#8216;private&#8217; to &#8216;public&#8217; to enable everyone to read it.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the petitioner&#8217;s argument that her posts were private, the court said that even if posts by a Facebook member are private, making an offending statement which fell foul of section 3(1)(x) of the Act, may still be punishable if if any of the author&#8217;s Facebook friends are &#8220;independent and impartial&#8221; persons and &#8220;not interested in any of the parties&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The court, however, said that in the instant case, a perusal of the posts by the petitioner on her &#8216;wall&#8217; &#8220;do not show that they were directed against any individual member of any scheduled caste or scheduled tribe&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For all the reasons, the FIR as well as the proceedings qua the petitioner under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, are hereby quashed,&#8221; 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