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The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a Madras High Court order that had said that downloading and watching child pornography is not an offence, ruling that viewing and storing such content is an offence under the Pocso Act.
On January 11, the Madras High Court had cancelled the criminal proceedings against a man named S Harish (28) from Chennai who was charged with downloading pornographic content involving children on his mobile phone.
A two-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud said that deleting child pornography content after downloading, watching and storing is also punishable acts.
Here is what the Supreme Court said in its hearing today:
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