• E-mail Spoofing – Sec.463 IPC

    Indian Penal Code (IPC) 463. Forgery 1[Whoever makes any false documents or false electronic record or part of a document or electronic record, with intent to cause damage or injury], to the public or to any person, or to support any claim or title, or to cause any person to part with property, or to…

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  • Bogus websites, Cyber Frauds – Sec.420 IPC

    Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 420. Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property Whoever cheats and thereby dishonestly induces the person deceived any property to any person, or to make, alter or destroy the whole or any part of a valuable security, or anything which is signed or sealed, and which is capable of being…

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  • Sending defamatory messages by e-mail – Sec.499 IPC

    Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 499. Defamation Whoever, by words either spoken or intended to be read, or by signs or by visible representations, makes or publishes any imputation concerning any person intending to harm, or knowing or having reason to believe that such imputation will harm, the reputation of such person, is said, except…

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  • Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman – Sec.509 IPC

    Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 509. Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman Whoever, intending to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any word, makes any sound or gesture, or exhibits any object, intending that such word or sound shall be heard, of that such gesture or object shall…

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  • Sending threatening messages by e-mail – Sec.503 IPC

    Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 503. Criminal intimidation Whoever threatens another with any injury to his person, reputation or property, or to the person or reputation of any one in whom that person is interested, with intent to cause alarm to that person, or to cause that person to do any act which he is…

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