Though the Supreme Court had, as along back as March 2015, struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act as unconstitutional in its entirety, a local court here has recently sentenced a man by invoking the draconian section, much to the shock of the legal fraternity.


The local court said in its judgment that the accused was sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay a fine of ` 5,000. In case of default to pay the fine, he had to undergo simple imprisonment for a further period of three months for the charge under Section 66A of the IT (Amendment) Act 2008.