Types of cyber crimes and offences mentioned in The IT Act,2000

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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

SectionOffencePunishmentBailable and Cognizable
65Tampering with Computer Source CodeImprisonment up to 3 years or fine up to Rs 2 lakhsOffence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC.
66Computer Related Offences i.e All 10 offences mentioned in Section 43Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine up to Rs 5 lakhsOffences are Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC.
66-ASending offensive messages through communication services, etc... Section is removedImprisonment up to 3 years and fine

in Shreya Singhals Case		Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC
Do Not Apply
66-BDishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication deviceImprisonment up to 3 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakhOffence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC
66-CIdentity TheftImprisonment of either description up to 3 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakhOffence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC
66-DCheating by Personation by using computer resourceImprisonment of either description up to 3 years and /or fine up to Rs. 1 lakhOffence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC
66-EViolation of Privacy
(Clicking photographs of women's private parts)		Imprisonment up to 3 years and /or fine up to Rs. 2 lakhOffence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC
66-FCyber TerrorismImprisonment extend to imprisonment for LifeOffence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of Sessions
67Publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic formOn 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 lakhOffence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC
67-APublishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act or conduct etc... in electronic formOn 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 lakhOffence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC
67-BPublishing or transmitting of material depicting children in the sexually explicit act or conduct etc., in electronic formOn 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 lakhOffence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC
67-CIntermediary intentionally or knowingly contravening the directions about Preservation and retention of informationImprisonment up to 3 years and fineOffence is Bailable, Cognizable.
68Failure to comply with the directions given by ControllerImprisonment up to 2 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakhOffence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable.
69Failure to assist the agency referred to in sub section (3) in regard to interception or monitoring or decryption of any information through any computer resourceImprisonment up to 7 years and fineOffence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable.
69-AFailure of the intermediary to comply with the direction issued for blocking for public access of any information through any computer resourceImprisonment up to 7 years and fineOffence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable.
69-BAn 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 cybersecurityImprisonment up to 3 years and fineOffence is Bailable, Cognizable.
70Any person who secures access or attempts to secure access to the protected system in contravention of a provision of Sec. 70Imprisonment of either description up to 10 years and fineOffence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable.
70-BIndian 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 lakhOffence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable
71Misrepresentation to the Controller to the Certifying AuthorityImprisonment up to 2 years and/ or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh.Offence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable.
72Breach of Confidentiality and privacyImprisonment up to 2 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh.Offence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable.
72-ADisclosure of information in breach of lawful contractImprisonment up to 3 years and/or fine up to Rs. 5 lakh.Offence is Cognizable, Bailable
73Publishing electronic Signature Certificate false in certain particularsImprisonment up to 2 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakhOffence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable.
74Publication for a fraudulent purposeImprisonment up to 2 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakhOffence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable.



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