Man fined for posting wife’s private photos on FB

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December 16, 2011

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Dubai, December 16: The Court of Appeal recently fined an Indian man Dh2,000 for posting private photographs of his wife on the social networking site, Facebook.

The court also slapped a fine of Dh1,000 on him for consuming liquor and quashed the deportation order handed down by the Court of Misdemeanours.

The Court of Misdemeanours had earlier dismissed the case after the defendant submitted a waiver from his wife relinquishing her rights to pursue the case against him for allegedly posting her photographs and details on Facebook, breaching her privacy.

The court had also imposed Dh1,000 in fine for consuming liquor and ordered that he be deported.

A Court of Appeal bench presided by Judge Dr Ahmed Al Mutawah did not take into consideration the wife’s relinquishing of her rights when handing down the verdict, observing that such a criminal charge may not be dismissed with the filing of a waiver. Posting others’ private photographs on a public forum is a crime that affects their reputation and personal life.

The defendant and his wife had been married for 12 years and have two children together. However, disagreements began to surface about four years back, which the wife blamed on his bad treatment of her and his habit of drinking liquor.

Both had been living alone for seven months prior to the complaint. During their split, the defendant posted on Facebook private photographs of his wife with her cousin which were taken before her marriage to him.

He tagged the photos with the line ‘she kicked her husband out to have a good time’ on his Facebook page.

He then text messaged her to have a look on his Facebook page, which upset her a lot and she lodged a complaint at the police station.

In the court, the defendant claimed he was intoxicated when he posted his wife’s photos on the Net.

During trial, the wife withdrew her complaint and surrendered her rights to sue him legally. But he had still to face the criminal charges as stipulated by the law.

The Public Prosecution challenged the verdict of the Court of Misdemeanours citing a flaw in implementing the law regarding the dismissal of the case for the offence of posting the private photos because of the waiver.

The prosecution requested that the Court of Appeal to rectify that flaw as per the Criminal Procedure Code.

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May 19,2020

Bareilly (UP), May 19: Samajwadi leader Chhotelal Diwakar and his son, Sunil Diwakar, were shot dead in broad daylight in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. The entire incident was caught on camera.

The murder was apparently a fallout of a dispute over laying of a road under MGNREGA.

Chhotelal Diwakar had contested the 2017 assembly elections on a Samajwadi Party ticket.

Superintendent of Police, (SP), Sambhal, Yamuna Prasad, said, "Some work was being carried out under MGNREGA due to which some dispute happened. Two people have been shot dead. We will reach the spot of the incident to find more details."

According to his family members, Diwakar and his son had gone for a walk in the fields when the assailants came on a motorbike and after a brief altercation, shot them dead. They fled on foot, leaving their motorbike behind.

A large number of SP workers reached the village soon after the news of the double murder spread.

SP Yamuna Prasad who reached the spot that falls under Behjoi police station, soon after the murders, said that a manhunt has been launched for the assailants. He said that further investigations were underway and the bodies have been sent for post mortem.

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July 21,2020

Nagpur, July 21: In a shocking incident, an 11-year-old boy allegedly killed self in Maharashtra's Nagpur city after being reprimanded by his mother for buying a samosa, police said on Tuesday.

Veeru Natthu Sahu was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his home in Ganga Nagar in Gittikhadan area on Sunday night, an official said.

The deceased boy's family was struggling to make ends meet after their small business was hit because of the coronavirus-induced lockdown, he said.

The Class 7 student had taken Rs 10 from home without asking his mother and bought a samosa, which was then eaten by his elder brother, the official said.

The boy's mother scolded him for taking money without her permission and asked him to get the snack for himself, following which the distraught minor allegedly went into the kitchen and hanged himself using a saree, he said.

The Gittikhadan police have registered a case of accidental death in this regard, the official added.

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January 14,2020

Farukkhabad, Jan 14: In a shocking incident, a new-born baby was mauled to death by a dog inside the operation theatre (OT) of a private hospital in Farukkhabad on Monday.

Family members of the baby boy said that they noticed the hospital staff shooing a dog away from inside the operation theatre and soon after, they were told the baby boy, born just two hours ago, was dead.

The family members said that they found the baby's body on the floor and it had deep gashes around the neck and other parts of the body.

District magistrate Manvendra Singh has ordered an FIR and the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Chandra Shekhar said the hospital has been sealed and an inquiry ordered into the incident.

Sources said that the hospital where the incident took place was unregistered and was being run adjacent to a government hospital.

According to the FIR lodged with Sadar Kotwali police, the infant's father Ravi Kumar said he had admitted his wife Kanchan in the hospital on Monday and she was taken for a C-section to the operation theatre.

After the delivery, Kanchan was shifted to the ward but the family was told that the baby would be shifted later.

An hour later, the family was informed that the baby had died.

The family members then saw the hospital staff trying to chase a dog out of the operation theatre.

The family members forced their way into the operation theatre and found the infant lying on the floor with several injuries on the neck.

The police said that the baby's body has been preserved for examination and post mortem.

The FIR has been registered against Dr Mohit Gupta, and some of the staff members who were present during the delivery.

The hospital owner, Vijay Patel, however, feigned complete ignorance about the incident and said that he had been told that the baby was born dead.

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