The correct answer is: B. 5 years imprisonment or 5 lakh rupees penalty or both.
The Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act) is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted in 2000. The IT Act is the principal law governing cybercrime in India. The IT Act was amended in 2008, 2009, and 2011.
Section 66E of the IT Act deals with punishment for violation of privacy. Section 66E states that whoever, intentionally or knowingly captures, publishes, transmits, reproduces, or distributes, any visual image, electronically generated or otherwise, depicting a person engaged in any act of sexual nature, or any private parts of any person, without his or her consent, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years and with fine which may extend to five lakh rupees, or with both.
The penalty for publishing
images of a person’s private parts without consent, as per IT Act 2000, is 5 years imprisonment or 5 lakh rupees penalty or both.Option A is incorrect. Life imprisonment is not a penalty for publishing images of a person’s private parts without consent, as per IT Act 2000.
Option C is incorrect. 3 years imprisonment or 2 lakh rupees penalty or both is not the penalty for publishing images of a person’s private parts without consent, as per IT Act 2000.
Option D is incorrect. None of the above is not the penalty for publishing images of a person’s private parts without consent, as per IT Act 2000.