Supreme Court: Viewing ‘child porn’ is offence under Pocso, IT Acts

way2barak, 24 Sept : Tightening the law on child pornography, the Supreme Court on Monday said that even viewing, possessing, and not reporting such content is punishable under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act regardless of whether it is shared or transmitted further.

In doing so, the SC set aside a Madras High Court decision from earlier this year where a single-judge Bench had quashed criminal proceedings against a 28-year-old man who had downloaded two pornographic videos involving children on his phone.