‘What kind of man are you?’: Karnataka High Court dismisses petition of accused who posted videos of women Metro commuters without consent

Diganth is said to be a daily rider of the Metro from Peenya to Indiranagar, and during these commutes, he allegedly filmed unsuspecting women and later posted the clips online on an Instagram handle, which is now blocked.

The Instagram page had hosted 13 videos with comments disabled, and had deleted all the posts after it was called out on social media. The police took action after a user flagged the Instagram account, tagging the Bengaluru police.

The counsel appearing for the accused argued that the photographs posted do not show anything obscene.

Justice Nagaprasanna took strong exception to this submission and said, “Why did you click the photographs? You do not leave women to be safe anywhere.”

Following this, the counsel contended that the police themselves are the complainants in the case, and CCTV footage available with the Metro authorities can be verified.

The bench, thereafter, responded, “Technicality cannot override such acts of yours. The time has come that we should stop on technicalities in case of certain things. I will not permit such things to happen.”