An FIR has been registered against a 42-year-old woman in Mumbai after she allegedly posted her married ex-partner’s obscene pictures on his 14-year-old daughter’s school website as an act of revenge for breaking up with her.
A sessions court this week rejected her anticipatory bail plea, observing that it must have been shocking and traumatising for the little girl to have come across pictures of her father kissing another woman, on the school’s official website.
According to the man, the accused and the married man met at a south Mumbai gym and began an affair. The woman was aware that he was married and had a daughter. It was alleged that the affair continued for a long time, during which the man also gifted expensive items the accused, including three diamond rings and a watch. It was alleged that eventually, differences cropped up between them as the woman was insisting that the man get a divorce and marry her. The man told police this led to frequent quarrels between them. He alleged that the woman began blackmailing him with their intimate pictures. He also said that he tried to cut all contact with her and changed his contact number three times, but the woman continued to hound him and even came at his home. After she allegedly uploaded pictures on the man’s daughter’s school website, he went to the police and filed an FIR.
The woman was booked for various IPC offences and under sections of the Information Technology Act.
“The applicant (woman) and the informant (man) can spend their whole life fighting and litigating with each other for their own wrongs, but the applicant has no right to disturb the peace and tranquility of the informant’s daughter and family,” the court said.
It also said the acts of the accused could have far-reaching consequences on the image, career, future and welfare of the girl.
Refusing to grant any relief to the woman, the court said, “Considering the conduct of the applicant, there is every possibility that she will take any step to damage the future of the informant’s daughter… If the application is allowed, certainly the investigation is likely to get paralyzed.”
