India, April 21 -- The Allahabad High Court has ruled that liking a post on social media is different from sharing it and does not attract Section 67 of the Information Technology (IT) Act.

Section 67 of the IT Act criminalises publishing or transmission of material that is "lascivious" or appeals to the "prurient interest" of a person.

Justice Saurabh Srivastava made the observation while quashing a case against a man named Imran Khan, who had liked a post by one Chaudhari Farhan Usman, reported Bar and Bench.

In the post, Usman had referred to a protest gathering near the Agra collectorate to hand over a memorandum to the President of India.

Khan was booked for "provocative messages on social media, which resulted in the assembly of...