The most significant long-term consequence of the DPS MMS scandal came from its legally complex corporate fallout. The Delhi Police arrested the individual seller, but they also took the unprecedented step of arresting , the Managing Director of Baazee.com, along with content manager Sharat Digumarti. The Prosecution's Case
: The scandal escalated when Ravi Raj, a student at IIT Kharagpur, listed the clip for auction on the popular trading portal Baazee.com (now owned by eBay) under the title "DPS Girls having fun".
Years later, the Supreme Court quashed the charges against Bajaj, firmly establishing that vicarious liability cannot be applied in criminal law unless specifically stated by statute.
The case spurred intense debates about what constitutes pornography and how to handle intimate material created by minors.
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