Karnataka Home Minister says State’s Standing Orders making FIRs mandatory in ‘revenge porn’, ‘sextortion’ cases is to ensure right to privacy and victim-sensitive response (opens original article in a new tab)

Karnataka's Home Minister announced mandatory FIR registration for 'revenge porn' and 'sextortion' cases to protect privacy and ensure victim-sensitive responses.

• Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge announced that the state police have issued a Standing Order making FIR registration mandatory for 'revenge porn' and 'sextortion' cases.
• The order clarifies that consent to record intimate content does not imply consent to share it, and sharing without consent is a cognisable offence.
• Police are instructed to register FIRs under specific sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and IT Act, with emphasis on victim sensitivity and confidentiality.