2. Information Technology Act, 2000
Imprisonment upto 10 years
Compensation upto Rs 1 crore
Indian Penal Code,
Evidence Act
Code of Criminal Procedure
3. Section 67 covers:
• Publishing
• Transmitting
• Causing to be published
In respect of pornography in the
electronic form
Baazee case
4. Section 67 applies to:
• SMS,
• emails,
• websites,
• mp3 ??
Stringent punishment:
• 5 years + 1 lakh fine
• 10 years + 2 lakh fine
5. Liability of receiver of pornography?
Is it a crime to watch pornography?
Is cyber café owner responsible?
6. Intention to cause wrongful loss or damage
or
Knowledge of the likelihood of wrongful loss or
damage
AND
Destruction / deletion / alteration of information in a
computer
or
diminishing value or utility of a computer resource
or
injuriously affecting a computer resource
10. knowingly or intentionally conceals,
destroys or alters
or intentionally or knowingly causes
another to conceal, destroy or alter
any computer source code
required to be kept or maintained by law
11. 3 years jail and / or 2 lakh fine
Tata Indicom employees case
12. Controller directs interception of
electronic information
• sovereignty / integrity / security of India,
• friendly relations with foreign States
• public order
• preventing incitement to the commission of any
cognizable offence
All facilities and technical assistance to
decrypt the information are not offerred.
14. Save as otherwise provided by law
Police etc secured access to any
electronic information
Discloses material without the consent of
the person concerned
18. For investigation
• Controller of Certifying Authorities
• Deputy Superintendent of Police
• CERT-IND
For adjudication
• Adjudicating Officer
• Cyber Appellate Tribunal
• Criminal Courts
19. Liability of Network Service Providers
Liability of Companies
Arrest without warrant
Search and seizure
20. Email as evidence
Certificate u/s 65B of Indian Evidence
Act
Bankers’ Books Evidence Act
• Applicable to cheque bouncing cases also
Digital signatures as evidence