vulgar mmses were used to harass people but i feel that this new law will serve as a deterrent for wouldbe miscreants satish maneshinde criminal lawyer the ipc deals with obscene material in the form of bookspamphletsinscriptions or electronic material additionally transmission of an electronic document is recognised under the indian evidence act and a document is defined as any form of representation of letters figures or marks which are printed lithographed or photographed the law recognises an mms as a photograph however there are several ways one can defend oneself if one feels wrongfully accused in an sms mms case for example merely being in possession of vulgar material on ones cellphone doesnt mean that you can be arrestedvijay mukhi cyber expert data theft misuse of mms etc were treated as civil offences and not criminal earlier now the amendments to the it act make them a criminal case however the crpc states that only those offences which carry a sentence of over seven years can enable arrest so that the police cannot misuse their powers and arrest someone without a proper investigationtext joke senderdr suhas awchat restaurateur i forward naughty jokes to thousands of people and when anybody complains i remove their name from my forward list the same people when they meet me at parties ask if i have forgotten them for me sending these jokes is a way of being in touch with thousands of people i know i send these messages in groups of a few hundred people at a go people usually lead stressful lives so whats wrong in a harmless joke thats just meant to make them smile