123Pune.com

t's a little over one month since Gurgaon-based IT professional - Rahul Krishnakumar Vaid (22) was arrested for posting obscene, derogatory content about Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi on Google's social networking Web site, Orkut.

And now, the cyber crime cell of the Pune police has arrested one Nithin Chakravarti Suresh Sajja (22) of Begumpeth, Hyderabad for a similar offense. Sajja allegedly posted obscene, derogatory content about the Congress Chief on the same Orkut community christened "I hate Sonia Gandhi".
As in Vaid's case, here too, the post was first spotted by Pune-based Congress activist Amol Bhokare (28), who then lodged a complaint with the Deccan Gymkhana Police in December 2007.

Part of the investigating team, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Cyber Cell), Netaji Shinde, said that Sajja had posted the content using his personal email. Shinde said the police had first asked Google to provide the IP address of the person who had posted the content on Orkut. On obtaining Sajja's email id and postal address, the police lost no time in nabbing him from his Hyderabad residence. Sajja admitted having posted the derogatory message.

Sajja, like Vaid, could be charged under Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act for posting vulgar content about a public figure on a Web site. If proven guilty, he is liable to face imprisonment for up to five years along with a fine to the tune of Rs 1 lakh.

In both cases however, it is surprising that the perpetrator of the "I hate Sonia Gandhi" community on Orkut walks a free man (or woman). Hating someone, even if that someone is Sonia Gandhi, is a personal opinion, and having a personal opinion about anyone, is not an offence as per the law of the land.
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