section 65 of Information and Technology Act, 2000 which reads as under:-
Whoever publishes or transmits or causes to be published or transmitted in the electronic form, any material which is lascivious or appeals to the prurient interest or if its effect is such as to tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely, having regard to all relevant circumstances, to read, see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it, shall be punished on first conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years and with fine which may extend to five lakh rupees and in the event of second or subsequent conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years and also with fine which may extend to ten lakh rupees.
2)Any material in the context of this section would include video files, audio files, text files, images, animations etc. These may be stored on CDs, websites, computers, cell phones etc.
Lascivious is something that tends to excite lust.
Appeals to, in this context, means “arouses interest”.
Prurient interest is characterized by lustful thoughts.
Effect means to produce or cause some change or event.
Tend to deprave and corrupt in the context of this section means “to lead someone to become morally bad”.