Types of cyber crimes and offences mentioned in The IT Act,2000
There are 22 sections and 31 instances (i.e section 66 actually is applicable for ten different crimes mentioned in section 43) of offences and cyber crimes provisioned in the IT Act,2000 . Some sections are Non- Bailable too and one section 66F is a grievous offence having provision of punishment of imprisonment for life.
The table below shows the offence and penalties against all the mentioned sections of the IT Act,2000
| Section | Offence | Punishment | Bailable and Cognizable |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | Tampering with Computer Source Code | Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine up to Rs 2 lakhs | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC. |
| 66 | Computer Related Offences i.e All 10 offences mentioned in Section 43 | Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine up to Rs 5 lakhs | Offences are Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC. |
in Shreya Singhals Case | Do Not Apply | ||
| 66-B | Dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device | Imprisonment up to 3 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC |
| 66-C | Identity Theft | Imprisonment of either description up to 3 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC |
| 66-D | Cheating by Personation by using computer resource | Imprisonment of either description up to 3 years and /or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC |
| 66-E | Violation of Privacy (Clicking photographs of women's private parts) | Imprisonment up to 3 years and /or fine up to Rs. 2 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC |
| 66-F | Cyber Terrorism | Imprisonment extend to imprisonment for Life | Offence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of Sessions |
| 67 | Publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form | On first Conviction, imprisonment up to 3 years and/or fine up to Rs. 5 lakh On Subsequent Conviction imprisonment up to 5 years and/or fine up to Rs. 10 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC |
| 67-A | Publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act or conduct etc... in electronic form | On first Conviction imprisonment up to 5 years and/or fine up to Rs. 10 lakh On Subsequent Conviction imprisonment up to 7 years and/or fine up to Rs. 10 lakh | Offence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC |
| 67-B | Publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in the sexually explicit act or conduct etc., in electronic form | On first Conviction imprisonment of either description up to 5 years and/or fine up to Rs. 10 lakh On Subsequent Conviction imprisonment of either description up to 7 years and/or fine up to Rs. 10 lakh | Offence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC |
| 67-C | Intermediary intentionally or knowingly contravening the directions about Preservation and retention of information | Imprisonment up to 3 years and fine | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable. |
| 68 | Failure to comply with the directions given by Controller | Imprisonment up to 2 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable. |
| 69 | Failure to assist the agency referred to in sub section (3) in regard to interception or monitoring or decryption of any information through any computer resource | Imprisonment up to 7 years and fine | Offence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable. |
| 69-A | Failure of the intermediary to comply with the direction issued for blocking for public access of any information through any computer resource | Imprisonment up to 7 years and fine | Offence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable. |
| 69-B | An intermediary who intentionally or knowingly contravenes the provisions of sub-section (2) in regard monitor and collects traffic data or information through any computer resource for cybersecurity | Imprisonment up to 3 years and fine | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable. |
| 70 | Any person who secures access or attempts to secure access to the protected system in contravention of a provision of Sec. 70 | Imprisonment of either description up to 10 years and fine | Offence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable. |
| 70-B | Indian Computer Emergency Response Team to serve as a national agency for incident response. Any service provider, intermediaries, data centres, etc., who fails to prove the information called for or comply with the direction issued by the ICERT. | Imprisonment up to 1 year and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable |
| 71 | Misrepresentation to the Controller to the Certifying Authority | Imprisonment up to 2 years and/ or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh. | Offence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable. |
| 72 | Breach of Confidentiality and privacy | Imprisonment up to 2 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh. | Offence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable. |
| 72-A | Disclosure of information in breach of lawful contract | Imprisonment up to 3 years and/or fine up to Rs. 5 lakh. | Offence is Cognizable, Bailable |
| 73 | Publishing electronic Signature Certificate false in certain particulars | Imprisonment up to 2 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable. |
| 74 | Publication for a fraudulent purpose | Imprisonment up to 2 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable. |
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