Cyber Harassment Case: Activist Rahul Easwar Granted Bail
He is the fifth accused in the case and has been charged under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Thiruvananthapuram District Sessions Court on Monday granted bail to activist Rahul Easwar in connection with a cyber harassment case. He was released from the district jail later in the evening.
The Thiruvananthapuram cyber police had registered a case against Easwar on November 30 for allegedly making public the identity of a woman who accused Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil of rape and impregnation. Earlier, Easwar’s bail plea was rejected by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, as the police had made strong allegations against him for making sexually colored remarks about the survivor.
He is the fifth accused in the case and has been charged under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita: Section 72 (revealing the identity of victims of specified serious offences such as sexual crimes), Section 75(1)(iv) (making sexually coloured remarks), Section 79 (insulting the modesty of a woman), and Sections 351(1) and 352(2) (criminal intimidation). In addition, he was also charged under Section 43, read with Section 66 of the IT Act, for unauthorised access to or damage of computer systems and other computer-related offences.
Rahul Easwar was arrested based on the complaint filed by the survivor. Members of the Men's Association welcomed him outside the district jail after his release.