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INFROMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT,2000 (ITA-2000)
The first case in India, where a conviction was handed down in connection with the posting of obscene messages on the internet. This was under the controversial section 67 of the Information Technology Act ,2000. Information technology act, 2000 (ITA-2000) is an act of the parliament of India notified on 17 October 2000. It deals with cybercrime (computer- crime which involves computer and network) and electronic commerce (e-commence is an activity of electronically buying or selling of products on online services or over the internet).The Information Technology Amendment Act, 2008 (IT Act 2008) is a substantial addition to India's Information Technology Act (ITA-2000). The IT Amendment Act was passed by the Indian Parliament in October 2008 and came into force a year later. The Act is administered by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In).The original Act was developed to promote the IT industry, regulate e-commerce, facilitate e-governance and prevent cybercrime. The Act also sought to foster security practices within India that would serve the country in a global context. The Amendment was created to address issues that the original bill failed to cover and to accommodate further development of IT and related security concerns since the original law was passed.

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The Suhas Katti v Tamil Nadu case, a women complained to the police about a man who was sending her obscene messages and annoying messages in a yahoo message group. the case was related to posting of obscene, defamatory and annoying messages. The accused has used fake account by the victim name. the accused had given the account details to others and the woman received phone calls by people got the sex work. The facts were, based on the complaint made by the victim, the police traced the accused to Mumbai and arrested him within the next few days. the accused was the victims friend, and after the complaint was register within the span of 7 months the accused was arrested by the Chennai Cyber Crime. The accused was interested in marrying the victim as she was divorced after few months of the marriage. When the accused contacted her, she rejected him again. This made the accused to harass her through internet. This was brought to the court under the section of ITA-2000. The case signified use of electronic evidence under the section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act for the first time in a court, and the copy of the document was present on Yahoo server. During the conviction, the concept of “Forgery” was seen. This is also an offence to create a fake account. The accused has harassed the victim through online. On March 24,2004, a charge sheet was filled under the section 6 of the ITA-2000 act 469 and 509 IPC before the metropolitan magistrate in Egmore, Chennai. The evidence was citing 18 witnesses and 34 documents and material objects. The same was taken on file in C.C.NO.4680/2004. On the prosecution side 12 witnesses were examined and entire documents were marked as Exhibits. The defense argued saying, the mails are sent either by victim’s husband or herself. But the magistrate found the accused guilty of the offences. He sentenced that, imprisonment of 2 years under 469IPC and to pay a fine of RS 500/-, one-year simple imprisonment and Rs500/- fine under 509 IPC and two years’ imprisonment with a fine of Rs4,000 under section 67 of ITA-2000. All these sentences were to run concurrently. The accused paid fine amount and was lodged at central Prison, Chennai.

Impact on society
The case had an impact on other states where they were many cases related to harassment through online, media. This case was reached far and set a benchmark in the court and inspired people to lodge cases related to harassment through online. A controversy was raised on the partial ban on pornography in India. The case also noticed the cyber-cafe in maintaining a visitor’s register and its importance as an evidence. The case made to allow the production of electronic document as an evidence through the section 65B. the case made an impact for merciless trolls and other forms of online harassment, this judgment acts a tool that women can use to safeguard their dignity.

Steps for the prevention by Government
The government has taken few steps to prevent online harassment under ITA-2000 act : 1) provisions to deal with cyber-crime against women and children’s. The acts highlights, its punishable and fine fir the voyeurism, punishable for transmitting of an obscene or sexual materials in electronic form. Provides punishment fir cyber bullying and cyber stalking.

2) Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) implemented “Centre for Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC) to provide security and solve the issues related to check all cyber-crime against women and children including child pornography. It also launched a portal www.cybercrime.gov .in for public to report complaints of child pornography and sexually abusive explicit content.

Conclusion
Let the schools and colleges run a camp on creating awareness to the people about online harassment, online impersonation, catfishing (internet scam where someone creates a fictitious online identity), Doxing. According to the research, majority of people view online harassment. Online harassment can be sharing and receiving explicit images. Online abuse can lead to offline issues. Shame Nation: The Global Epidemic of Online Hate, This is the first book to explore the fascinating phenomenon of online shaming and harassment and offers practical guidance and inspiring advice on how to prevent and protect against cyber blunders and digital disasters.