THE TIMES OF INDIA
Chennai doctor gets lifer in cyber porn case
7 Feb 2008, 1436 hrs
CHENNAI: A fast track court on Thursday sentenced city-based orthopaedic Dr L Prakash to life imprisonment and three others to seven years rigorous imprisonment in a cyber pornography case. Prakash was arrested in December 2001 on charges of posting obscene pictures of women on the internet with the help of his brother based in the US. Judge R Radha, who convicted all the four on Wednesday, also imposed a fine of Rs 1.27 lakh on Prakash, the main accused in the case, and Rs 2,500 each on his three associates - Saravanan, Vijayan and Asir Gunasingh. The judge, while awarding life term to Prakash, observed that considering the gravity of the offences committed by the main accused, maximum punishment under the Immoral Trafficking Act (life imprisonment) should be given to him and no leniency should be shown. The judge sentenced Prakash under the Immoral Trafficking Act, IPC, Arms Act and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prevention) Act among others. The judge said the sentences would run concurrently.