A city court on Monday sentenced a man in his 30s to a year in jail for creating a fake profile of a woman on social media 10 years ago and posting objectionable photographs with the intention of maligning her.

The convict was granted bail by the same court.

The victim, who was a student in a city college when the offence was committed, is now a lawyer in Delhi.

Based on a complaint by her father in 2011, a few years ago, the CID tracked the Internet protocol address of the device used to create the fake profile.

The man whose name had emerged turned out to be the friend of a woman who was a close friend of the victim, a CID officer said. “He had apparently committed the offence to avenge the victim after she and their common friend (the woman) had a fight. He wanted to teach her a lesson.”

The state CID had submitted a chargesheet against him. “The forensic reports proved that the photographs and data posted on the fake profile were found on the hard disk seized from the accused’s house,” said Bivas Chatterjee, special public prosecutor in the case.

The accused has also been fined Rs 1.5 lakh.