Goa Police have registered a case against model Milind Soman for allegedly promoting obscenity, after he recently posted a picture of himself running nude on a beach in the state to mark his birthday.
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He is not the first celebrity in trouble with Goa Police for ‘obscenity’ this week — actor Poonam Pandey and her husband faced arrest for a controversial photoshoot, a video of which went viral online. Thus, two high-profile cases on ‘obscenity’ came in the same week.
Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) punishes obscene acts or words in a public place.
To be considered a crime, the obscenity must cause “annoyance to others”. A person convicted under this law can face up to three months imprisonment.
Obscene books are similarly criminalised under Section 292.
Under Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, anyone who publishes or transmits obscene material in electronic form can be punished.