Turi was booked and arrested by Ahmedabad’s Anti-Terrorism Police Station last year under Section 66 F(1)(B) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 for alleged cyber terrorism.
Senior Advocate Shalin Mehta, representing Turi, prayed for his release and placed reliance on a communication by the Space Applications Centre to the Investigating Officer as per which the information allegedly shared by him was not secret, confidential and sensitive in nature, nor did it relate to safety, security and intellectual property of the country.
It was further argued that Turi had a “blotless career of 17 years” with ISRO and he was not aware that the woman concerned was not stationed in India but in Pakistan.
“The applicant had merely forwarded the photographs, which were selfies taken by him at his work place. Except this, no other information, whatsoever, had been forwarded by the applicant to that lady,” Mehta told the Court
However, Additional Public Prosecutor JK Shah argued that the photos shared by Turi were of the ISRO premises in Ahmedabad.
The information which was forwarded by him was sensitive in nature, the prosecution argued.
Source: Barandbench
