India, July 15 -- The Madras High Court on Tuesday issued a "public appeal" urging youngsters and their families to exercise "extreme caution while entering into online" or "technology-facilitated" relationships.

Justices Anand Venkatesh and KK Ramakrishnan issued the appeal in English, Tamil, and Hindi while dismissing an appeal of a man convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in a case of rape and sexual assault.

The judges, presiding at the Madurai bench of the High Court, said they were issuing the appeal or advisory in the interest of both those disproportionately targeted and society more broadly, given the rise in technology. They urged them to exercise vigilance in the digital world

The bench said a moment of misplaced tru...