A court in Udupi on Thursday recorded statements of two students who were allegedly filmed in a washroom of Netra Jyoti Paramedical College..Second Additional Civil Judge S Nirmala recorded their statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).The incident took place on July 18 and resulted in the three girls being suspended from the college.In a press conference held by the governing body of the college on July 25, it was reported that the female students had confessed that they had filmed the students and the governing body had suspended them for the same.Even though the student who was filmed did not file a complaint, a first information report (FIR) was registered against the three students and the college management by the police on July 26.They were booked under Sections 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 204 (destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence), 175 (omission to produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section Section 66(e) (punishment for violation of privacy) of the Information Technology Act..On July, the three students were granted bail by the Court. They had argued that the case was politically motivated, and that the complaint was not filed by the affected student. Claiming that they were innocent, the students pressed for bail in terms of the Supreme Court's judgment in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar.The Court accepted the plea and granted bail to the three on the condition that they submit a personal bond of ₹20,000 each.
A court in Udupi on Thursday recorded statements of two students who were allegedly filmed in a washroom of Netra Jyoti Paramedical College..Second Additional Civil Judge S Nirmala recorded their statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).The incident took place on July 18 and resulted in the three girls being suspended from the college.In a press conference held by the governing body of the college on July 25, it was reported that the female students had confessed that they had filmed the students and the governing body had suspended them for the same.Even though the student who was filmed did not file a complaint, a first information report (FIR) was registered against the three students and the college management by the police on July 26.They were booked under Sections 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 204 (destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence), 175 (omission to produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section Section 66(e) (punishment for violation of privacy) of the Information Technology Act..On July, the three students were granted bail by the Court. They had argued that the case was politically motivated, and that the complaint was not filed by the affected student. Claiming that they were innocent, the students pressed for bail in terms of the Supreme Court's judgment in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar.The Court accepted the plea and granted bail to the three on the condition that they submit a personal bond of ₹20,000 each.
