KARACHI: A guy who shared pornographic photos and videos of a lady with her fiancé over WhatsApp with the goal of blackmailing her was given a cumulative term of six years in prison on three counts by a judicial magistrate.
Muhammad Anas received two years in prison for each of the offenses he committed under Sections 20 (dignity of natural person), 21 (modesty of natural person and minor), and 24 (cyberstalking) of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 after being found guilty by Judicial Magistrate (East) Yusra Ashfaq.
The court noted that the accused’s main motivation for acting seems to have been to utilize the complainant’s trust and personal connection as leverage to force and blackmail her. According to the complainant’s testimony, she voluntarily shared private photos and videos with the accused over their several-year relationship.
The prisoner “later weaponized that material by sharing it with her fiancé and family members, violating her privacy and dignity,” the court observed.
It demonstrates that the accused’s device did, in fact, send pornographic pictures and videos of the complainant. The forensic analysis is a crucial component of the case since the technical report confirms that the device found on the accused was utilized for the transmission. It is impossible to exaggerate the significance of forensic analysis in this case, the judge noted.
This distribution act implies a desire to cause emotional and social harm to the complaint after their relationship ended, either as retaliation or control. This motive is supported by the information that was presented, including the complainant’s testimony and forensic investigation,” the court said.
The prosecution claims that the woman went to the FIA Cyber Crime Cell and disclosed that she had a relationship with accused Anas in 2019 and that she had given him access to her private photos and videos at his request.
The inmate never gave her family a marriage proposal, the woman added. However, the prisoner allegedly reacted by sharing her indecent photos and videos with her aunt, sister, and fiancé on their WhatsApp contacts after she became engaged to someone else.