Is Cyberbullying a Crime? Here are a few examples of when cyberbullying might be a crime: Someone sent you dozens of mean emails.
This person is harassing you, and you are afraid for your safety. This behaviour can be considered criminal harassment A student is spreading lies about a teacher to ridicule him and ruin his reputation.
Since it is on Facebook, all of the students can read it. This behaviour can be a crime known as defamatory libel. A student receives a text message saying that she will be in danger if she goes to the end-of-year school party.
It can also be considered extorsion if the threat is being made in order to obtain money or something else from the victim. A student sends a classmate an email strongly suggesting that she commit suicide. This behaviour could be the crime of encouraging a person to commit suicide.
A student took a picture of a classmate showering in the school locker room. Non-Urgent: Emergency: Crimestoppers: Home Safety and preventing crime R U in control? Cyber bullying. Page Contents. Main Content Cyber bullying is a criminal offence where the bully can be charged and placed before the court to explain their actions.
How does this work? How do I protect myself? Ensure your friends, family or other trusted persons are aware of the cyber bullying. Reduce the amount of information about yourself online. Be aware cyberbullies target people online because their stated views are different to their own. Think carefully about what you post online.
Close your social media account if you are the target of cyberbullying. You do not have to monitor the abuse being directed at you. The victim further moved another application under Section 8 of CrPC requesting further investigation by the investigating officer on account of which the matter was remanded to the Metropolitan Magistrate for consideration.
The Delhi High court while refusing to entertain the application of the accused, ordered that the investigating officer refrain from submitting his final report till the Magistrate issued directions on the pending application filed by the victim. In the case of Jitender Singh Grewal v.
The State of West Bengal 8 , the accused created a fake Facebook account of the victim and uploaded her obscene pictures to such fake Facebook account. The trial court rejected the bail application of the accused and the Calcutta High court upheld the trial court's decision.
In the case of Prakhar Sharma v. The State of Madhya Pradesh 9 , the accused created a fake Facebook account of the victim, posted some vulgar messages along with the photos of the victim downloaded from her original Facebook account.
The accused was charged under Sections 66 c , 67 and 67 a of the IT Act. When the accused applied for bail, it was denied by the Madhya Pradesh High Court. In the case of Hareesh v. State of Kerala 10 , the applicant created a fake Facebook profile, posted morphed obscene photographs of the victim online, posted her mobile number under the said obscene post in order to enable strangers to contact her. Thereafter, an anticipatory bail application was made by the applicant apprehending arrest in respect of offences punishable under Section D of IPC and Sections 67 and 67E of the IT Act.
The Kerala High court denied the application for anticipatory bail on the ground that materials on record affirmed the involvement of the applicant in the offences and it would not be proper for the court to interfere with the investigation.
H, a twelve-year-old school boy was increasingly withdrawn and introverted. He looked worried most of the time but refused to divulge his troubles to his parents who were aware that he spent an extra-ordinary amount of after-school time on his I-Pad.
One night, after H went to bed, his parents accessed his I-Pad and found that he was on various chat groups and was being bullied online by his classmates. The bullying involved name calling and derogatory remarks regarding his clothes and his grades. Explanation—Mere words do not amount to an assault. But the words which a person uses may give to his gestures or preparation such a meaning as may make those gestures or preparations amount to an assault.
Smith, P. Definitions of bullying and cyberbullying: How useful are the terms? Bauman, D. Walker Eds. Principles of cyberbullying research: Definitions, measures, and methodology p. Ministry of Women and Child development.
National Commission for Women. State of West Bengal v. Animesh Boxi , GR No. Sazzadur Rahman v. Shubham Bansal v. Jitender Singh Grewal v. Prakhar Sharma v. Hareesh v. State of Kerala , Bail Application No. The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances. All Rights Reserved. Password Passwords are Case Sensitive. Forgot your password? Free, unlimited access to more than half a million articles one-article limit removed from the diverse perspectives of 5, leading law, accountancy and advisory firms.
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