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Police officers in Mumbai, India, archived a preliminary information report (FIR) – which is the first step police have taken during a criminal investigation in India – against Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh on Tuesday accusing the star of “obscenity” for having recently *posted* pictures of himself on his social media accounts posted, the Indian Express reported on Wednesday.
Police officers at Chembur Police Station in Mumbai archived An FIR against Singh on July 26 after receiving a complaint from an unidentified 50-year-old Mumbai citizen, India’s legal news website Bar & Bench reported. The Press Trust of India (PTI) reported that two people complained to the Mumbai Police about Ranveer*’s photos on social media, prompting the filing of the FIR.
— Ranveer Singh (@RanveerOfficial) July 22, 2022
An FIR is a critical document within the Indian criminal justice system, according to the website of the US-based non-profit Human Rights Initiative (HRI).
“Only after the FIR is registered at the police station will the police start investigating the case,” HRI notes.
Ranveer Singh has been booked for obscenity under sections 292, 294 of IPC [Indian Penal Code] and 509 and 67(A) of the [India] Information Technology (IT) Act,” India today magazine reported on July 26.
Ranveer’s alleged “obscenity” stems from the complaint filed against him under Section 67 of the Indian Information Technology Act. The section “provides punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form”, as stated: India today.
“The provision states that anyone who publishes or transmits it in electronic form or causes it to be published or transmitted any material that is lascivious or appeals to the lustful interest or whose effect tends to deprave and corrupt persons who is likely to be punished with three years imprisonment and a fine of five lakh rupees [$6263 USD] [sic]the magazine writes.
The Indian Penal Code (IPC) states the following about “obscenity”, according to: India today:
Under the IPC comes the obscenity aspect of Articles 292 – 294. Article 292 deals with obscene books, pamphlets, paper, writing, drawing, painting, pictures or figures. The section makes criminal sale, rental, distribution, import, export, etc. of any obscene book, pamphlet, paper, writing, drawing, painting, representation, figure or any other object [sic].
These are considered obscene if they are “volupeous” or appeal to the lustful interest or if their effect is such as to deprave and corrupt persons likely to read, see or hear the case. […] An offense under this section is punishable by imprisonment for two years and a fine of Rs 2000 [$25 USD] [sic].
Singh’s various social media accounts, including his official Twitter page, Posted * photos of the actor on July 22. The images were taken during a photo shoot that Singh participated in for the US-based magazine PAPER. The magazine published the same * photos of Singh on July 21 as part of a story it produced about the Bollywood star. PAPER acknowledged in his July 21 article that Singh was “pretty naked” during his photo shoot for the magazine.