Is browsing Porn Illegal in India

As per sections 292 and 293 of the Indian Penal Code, it is illegal to commercialize, distribute, or sell, such obscene objects, further the amendment section 354 D was added that deals with the provision for stalking, after such horrifying gang rape incident of Nirbhaya case, after the incident of this case the amendment was passed and a number of change were introduced in the Indian Penal Code, keeping an eye over the women’s use of the internet or any such communication falls under the purview of 354D(b), also collecting the image of the women from her social media website also falls under the same category and if convicted under this section the conviction under this section leads to three years of the imprisonment and fine.

The legality of watching porn in India

In India citizens have the Right to Life and liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, in the year 2015 the Apex court of India passed a statement that if a person watching porn privately in a room may come under the Constitution’s right of personal liberty, so it’s not an offense if a person is watching the porn in his home, thus it is said to be legal, and if the person is watching the pron privately and that porn contains child porn, rape, violence then the surfing of these kinds of porn is an aid to be illegal.

In Ranjit D. Udeshi v. State of Maharashtra (1965), the Supreme Court of India decided to determine whether the possession and sale of an allegedly obscene book constitute an act of obscenity under section 292 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. introduced the Hicklin test. Section 292 states that “books, pamphlets, papers, writings, drawings, paintings, expressions, figures, or other objects” shall not be “provided that they are lewd or appeal to amorous interests, or whose effect in the whole If taken, it is considered obscene.” It does not provide tools for determining what is ‘lewd’ or ‘lewd’ or potentially ‘corrupt and corrupting the individual.’ Ranjit D. Udesi continued to rely on whether work or material was obscene. Until 2014, the Hicklin Test was the standard rule in India for assessing whether a work, material, or conduct is considered obscene.

Pornography can be understood from three different perspectives

1. One is a moral argument. All countries around the world are involved, not just India, but even the most liberal Western nations.
2. The second issue is who does porn and why.
3. A third question is to what extent the porn industry is related to human trafficking and sexual assault on women.

Most people would argue that porn should be outright banned, but statistics show that the limit of 1000 porn websites has had no effect on the number of visits to those websites. Instead, the number of people using proxies and VPNs has skyrocketed. This is not a promising sign. All VPNs that Indians use to access porn are unprotected and unreliable. These free services expose customers to the risk of security issues such as phishing, malware attacks, and identity theft. So the only way to deal with this situation is to make the general public aware of the dos and don’ts surrounding pornography. Social change cannot happen in a day by banning porn websites. Instead, by starting at home, we can make a difference by stopping the abuse of such considerations. Take small steps to make big changes.

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