Previous Year Questions

Question :

Read the following paragraph carefully and answer the question that follows:

The fact that we laugh at pranks or get entertained by them does not mean that some of these pranks cannot land both the victim and the prankster in deep trouble. These pranks whereby pranksters chase people around with fake guns, charge to beat up the victim, or advance to attack the victim all in the name of pranks put the victim's lives at risk. People who suffer from an anxiety disorder, panic attacks, or cardiac arrest can get triggered as a result of it and this could lead them to serious medical conditions or even death. Pranksters don't just stop by pranking the unsuspecting victims, they also go further to record the victim and post it online without the victim's permission or consent, thereby breaching the victim's right to privacy.

What should be the course of action to stop pranksters from doing harmful pranks?

I. The prankster should be risks getting prosecuted for criminal or civil liabilities or even both.

II. There should be action taken against the prank videos that are posted on social media in which victims got suffered mentally, physically, emotionally, or psychologically.

III. All the pranksters should be kept in prison for some years without considering the harm they did.