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An Indian man is opposite five years in jail for creation an “offensive” remark after Google handed his personal information to local police.Rahul Krishnakumar Vaid, a 22 year-old IT consultant, was arrested after posting disparaging comments on Google’s Orkut social networking site.Vaid was posting in a meeting call ‘I hate Soniya Gandhi’ and was identified after the police asked Google to hand over his email address.

Vaid was under arrest after a police raid on his house on Friday and has been charged with contravention section 292 of the Indian Penal Code and division 67 of the Information Technology Act.If found guilty he faces a doable five days in prison as well as a fine.The case highlights a curious facet of Indian law. The creator of the forum cannot be punish, since an persons dislike is covered under personal freedom of choice. However, the information Vaid posted is classed as “vulgar”, thus the arrest.Vaid’s arrest also highlights Google’s ever more tarnished reputation, despite its unofficial motto of ‘Do no evil’.The motto gained the company much kudos in the IT industry but, after Google’s behavior in China, many are now quizzical its posture on human human rights.