India, July 17 -- The Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special POCSO Court in Jagatsinghpur has sentenced a youth named Aman Rajak to five years of rigorous imprisonment for uploading explicit photos of a minor girl on social media with the intent to harass her.

The conviction comes in a case registered by the Cyber Crime Police Station of the CID-Crime Branch in 2021, following a complaint filed by Prabesh Behera, a resident of Paradeep, who alleged that private images of his daughter had been circulated online without her consent.

According to the charges, while the victim, Preeti Sneegdha Behera, was preparing for medical entrance exams, she befriended Aman Rajak via Instagram. As their friendship deepened, they exchanged ...