Cyberbullying Can Be as Traumatic as Physical Abuse: Delhi HC Bats For Safe Digital Space For Children

The Delhi High Court has strongly affirmed that protecting children must extend beyond physical spaces to the digital world.

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, while upholding the conviction of a man in a POCSO case, said cyberbullying can leave trauma as deep as physical violence. 

The convict had morphed a minor girl's face onto obscene images and threatened to circulate them.

The Court called this a textbook case of cyberbullying, stressing that crimes in digital spaces can devastate young lives and must attract strict consequences to protect children's dignity, safety, and mental well-being in the evolving digital age.