Ex boyfriend leaking private pictures to his friends
4 months ago
My friend was in a relationship for about a year. They were classmates. This boy turned out to be manipulative and asked her to do a lot of things and even manipulated her into involving in sexual activities. He had private recordings and pics of them together. Soon they broke up and she asked him to delete all the pictures. He agreed and said he deleted all of them. Last day, a common friend of theirs messaged my friend saying he send her pictures and videos of him and my friend involved in sexual activities. My friend is from a family who would never understand what she's going through and the society they are living in is very backwards in thoughts. When I advised her to come clean to her parents, my friends says it's better to die than getting her parents involved. Please, how can I help my friend without getting her parents involved? I can't think of losing her and don't want her to suffer because of a boy like him. Please, is their any way we can confront him and his actions?
Sec.67B of the Information Technology Act, 2000 was added through an amendment in 2008 that criminalizes the publishing, transmitting, or causing the transmission of sexually explicit content depicting children. The punishment for violating this section on the first conviction is imprisonment for up to five years and a fine of up to ten lakh rupees. On subsequent convictions, the punishment can extend up to seven years of imprisonment and a fine of up to ten lakh rupees. Section 66A defines the punishment for sending offensive messages through a computer or any other communication device like a mobile phone or tablet and a conviction of it can fetch a maximum of three years of jail and a fine. Sharing private pictures, messages or videos especially of those under 18 either belonging to you or others with/without permission is a serious violation of privacy and is punishable by law. Once such a crime of violation of Sec.67B of I T Act, is reported to the Police or Cyber Crime Cell, the matter is suo motto investigated by the authorities and you may be called on for interrogation to access the source of such offensive posts on social networks and to find out the veracity of the facts from the related intermediaries or service providers. On investigation, if they find your friend's boyfriend has in any way violated the provision of the Act, he may be booked for committing the crime and punished accordingly. So, your friend can make a complaint to the Police or Cyber Crime Cell in the given situation.
You wish to save your girl friend. Just go to police with some influence and see that he will be warned otherwise police may register a case of black mailing and for other offences.