CYBER CRIMES DURING 2006 IN INDIA
Cyber Crimes are a new class of crimes to India rapidly expanding due
to extensive use of Internet and I.T. The Information Technology (IT)
Act, 2000, specifies the acts made punishable. Since the primary
objective of this Act is to create an enabling environment for
commercial use of I.T., certain omissions and commissions of criminals
while using computers have not been included. Several offences having
bearing on cyber-arena are also registered under the appropriate
sections of the IPC with the legal recognition of Electronic Records
and the amendments made in several sections of the IPC vide the IT Act,
2000.
142 cases were registered under IT Act during the year
2006 as compared to 179 cases during the previous year thereby
reporting a decrease of 20.7 percent in 2006 over 2005. 24.6 percent
cases (35 out of 142 cases) were reported from Maharashtra followed by
Karnataka (27), Andhra Pradesh (14) and Kerala and Punjab (12 each).
48.6
percent (69 cases) of the total 142 cases registered under IT Act 2000
were related to Obscene Publication / Transmission in electronic form,
normally known as cyber pornography. 81 persons were arrested for
committing such offences during 2006. There were 59 cases of Hacking of
computer systems during the year wherein 63 persons were arrested. Out
of the total (59) Hacking cases, the cases relating to Loss/Damage of
computer resource/utility under Sec 66(1) of the IT Act were 42.4
percent (25 cases) whereas the cases related to Hacking under Section
66(2) of IT Act were 57.6 percent (34 cases).
Maharashtra (11)
and Tamilnadu (7) registered maximum cases under Sec 66(1) of the IT
Act out of total 25 such cases at the National level. Out of the total
34 cases relating to Hacking under Sec. 66(2), most of the cases (20
cases) were reported from Karnataka followed by Andhra Pradesh and
Maharashtra (3 each).
64.3 percent of the 154 persons arrested
in cases relating to IT Act, 2000 were from Maharashtra (66), Karnataka
(17) and Punjab (16) alone. The age-wise profile of persons arrested in
Cyber Crime cases under IT Act, 2000 showed that 70.8 percent of the
offenders were in the age group 18 – 30 years (109 out of 154) and 25.3
percent of the offenders were in the age group 30- 45 years (39 out of
154). Gujarat and Maharashtra reported one offender each whose age was
below 18 years.
Crime head-wise and age-group wise profile of
the offenders arrested under IT Act, 2000 revealed that 52.6 percent
(81 out of 154) of the offenders were arrested under ‘Obscene
publication/transmission in electronic form’ of which 79.0 percent (64
out of 81) were in the age-group 18 –30 years. More than 65 percent (41
out of 63) of the total persons arrested for 'Hacking Computer Systems'
were in the age-group of 18-30 years.
Cyber Crimes – Cases of Various Categories under IPC Section
A
total of 311 cases were registered under IPC Sections during the year
2006 as compared to 302 such cases during 2005 thereby reporting a
marginal increase of 3 percent. Madhya Pradesh reported maximum number
of such cases, nearly 40.5 percent of total cases (126 out of 311)
followed by Andhra Pradesh 32.8 percent (102 cases). Majority of the
crimes out of total 311 cases registered under IPC fall under 2
categories viz. Forgery (160) and Criminal Breach of Trust or Fraud
(90). Though, these offences fall under the traditional IPC crimes, the
cases had the cyber tones wherein computer, Internet or its related
aspects were present in the crime and hence they were categorised as
Cyber Crimes under IPC. The Cyber Forgery (160 cases) accounted for
0.28 percent out of the 58,076 cases reported under Cheating. The Cyber
frauds (90) accounted for 0.66 percent of the total Criminal Breach of
Trust cases (13,636).
The Forgery (Cyber) cases were the
highest in Madhya Pradesh (108) followed by Andhra Pradesh (31). The
cases of Cyber Fraud were highest in Andhra Pradesh (41) followed by
Punjab (17) and Madhya Pradesh (12).
A total of 411 persons were
arrested in the country for Cyber Crimes under IPC during 2006. 47.2
percent offenders (194) of these were taken into custody for offences
under 'Cyber Forgery', 29.4 percent (121) for ‘Criminal Breach of Trust
/ Fraud’ and 21.7 percent (89) for 'Counterfeiting Currency / Stamps'.
The
States such as Andhra Pradesh (171), Madhya Pradesh (152) Chhattisgarh
(37) and Punjab (30) have reported higher arrests for Cyber Crimes
registered under IPC. The age group-wise profile of the arrested
persons showed that 53.8 percent (221 out of 411) were in the age-group
of 30-45 years and 27.5 percent (113 out of 411) of the offenders were
in the age-group of 18-30 years. Only 4 offenders (3 from Madhya
Pradesh and 1 from Chhattisgarh) were below 18 years of age and 3
offenders, reported from Andhra Pradesh, were above 60-years of age.
Crime
head-wise and age-wise profile of the offenders arrested under Cyber
Crimes (IPC) for the year 2006 revealed that offenders involved in
Forgery cases were more in the age-group of 30 -45 (53.6%) (104 out of
194). Nearly 58.7 percent of the persons arrested under Criminal Breach
of Trust/Cyber Fraud offences were in the age group 30-45 years (71 out
of 121).
Incidence of Cyber Crimes in Cities
19 out of 35 mega cities did not report any case of Cyber Crime during the year 2006.
15
mega cities have reported 89 cases under IT Act and 8 mega cities
reported 142 cases under various section of IPC. There was a decline of
nearly 5 percent (from 94 cases in 2005 to 89 cases in 2006) in cases
under IT Act as compared to previous year (2005), and an decrease of
12.9 percent (from 163 cases in 2005 to 142 cases in 2006) of cases
registered under various section of IPC.
Bangalore (27), Rajkot
(10) and Mumbai (9) cities have reported high incidence of such cases
(46 out of 89 cases) accounting for more than half of the cases (51.7%)
reported under IT Act, 2000. Bhopal has reported the highest incidence
(126 out of 142 cases) of cases reported under IPC sections accounting
for 88.7 percent.
(BASED ON REPORT BY NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU)
to extensive use of Internet and I.T. The Information Technology (IT)
Act, 2000, specifies the acts made punishable. Since the primary
objective of this Act is to create an enabling environment for
commercial use of I.T., certain omissions and commissions of criminals
while using computers have not been included. Several offences having
bearing on cyber-arena are also registered under the appropriate
sections of the IPC with the legal recognition of Electronic Records
and the amendments made in several sections of the IPC vide the IT Act,
2000.
142 cases were registered under IT Act during the year
2006 as compared to 179 cases during the previous year thereby
reporting a decrease of 20.7 percent in 2006 over 2005. 24.6 percent
cases (35 out of 142 cases) were reported from Maharashtra followed by
Karnataka (27), Andhra Pradesh (14) and Kerala and Punjab (12 each).
48.6
percent (69 cases) of the total 142 cases registered under IT Act 2000
were related to Obscene Publication / Transmission in electronic form,
normally known as cyber pornography. 81 persons were arrested for
committing such offences during 2006. There were 59 cases of Hacking of
computer systems during the year wherein 63 persons were arrested. Out
of the total (59) Hacking cases, the cases relating to Loss/Damage of
computer resource/utility under Sec 66(1) of the IT Act were 42.4
percent (25 cases) whereas the cases related to Hacking under Section
66(2) of IT Act were 57.6 percent (34 cases).
Maharashtra (11)
and Tamilnadu (7) registered maximum cases under Sec 66(1) of the IT
Act out of total 25 such cases at the National level. Out of the total
34 cases relating to Hacking under Sec. 66(2), most of the cases (20
cases) were reported from Karnataka followed by Andhra Pradesh and
Maharashtra (3 each).
64.3 percent of the 154 persons arrested
in cases relating to IT Act, 2000 were from Maharashtra (66), Karnataka
(17) and Punjab (16) alone. The age-wise profile of persons arrested in
Cyber Crime cases under IT Act, 2000 showed that 70.8 percent of the
offenders were in the age group 18 – 30 years (109 out of 154) and 25.3
percent of the offenders were in the age group 30- 45 years (39 out of
154). Gujarat and Maharashtra reported one offender each whose age was
below 18 years.
Crime head-wise and age-group wise profile of
the offenders arrested under IT Act, 2000 revealed that 52.6 percent
(81 out of 154) of the offenders were arrested under ‘Obscene
publication/transmission in electronic form’ of which 79.0 percent (64
out of 81) were in the age-group 18 –30 years. More than 65 percent (41
out of 63) of the total persons arrested for 'Hacking Computer Systems'
were in the age-group of 18-30 years.
Cyber Crimes – Cases of Various Categories under IPC Section
A
total of 311 cases were registered under IPC Sections during the year
2006 as compared to 302 such cases during 2005 thereby reporting a
marginal increase of 3 percent. Madhya Pradesh reported maximum number
of such cases, nearly 40.5 percent of total cases (126 out of 311)
followed by Andhra Pradesh 32.8 percent (102 cases). Majority of the
crimes out of total 311 cases registered under IPC fall under 2
categories viz. Forgery (160) and Criminal Breach of Trust or Fraud
(90). Though, these offences fall under the traditional IPC crimes, the
cases had the cyber tones wherein computer, Internet or its related
aspects were present in the crime and hence they were categorised as
Cyber Crimes under IPC. The Cyber Forgery (160 cases) accounted for
0.28 percent out of the 58,076 cases reported under Cheating. The Cyber
frauds (90) accounted for 0.66 percent of the total Criminal Breach of
Trust cases (13,636).
The Forgery (Cyber) cases were the
highest in Madhya Pradesh (108) followed by Andhra Pradesh (31). The
cases of Cyber Fraud were highest in Andhra Pradesh (41) followed by
Punjab (17) and Madhya Pradesh (12).
A total of 411 persons were
arrested in the country for Cyber Crimes under IPC during 2006. 47.2
percent offenders (194) of these were taken into custody for offences
under 'Cyber Forgery', 29.4 percent (121) for ‘Criminal Breach of Trust
/ Fraud’ and 21.7 percent (89) for 'Counterfeiting Currency / Stamps'.
The
States such as Andhra Pradesh (171), Madhya Pradesh (152) Chhattisgarh
(37) and Punjab (30) have reported higher arrests for Cyber Crimes
registered under IPC. The age group-wise profile of the arrested
persons showed that 53.8 percent (221 out of 411) were in the age-group
of 30-45 years and 27.5 percent (113 out of 411) of the offenders were
in the age-group of 18-30 years. Only 4 offenders (3 from Madhya
Pradesh and 1 from Chhattisgarh) were below 18 years of age and 3
offenders, reported from Andhra Pradesh, were above 60-years of age.
Crime
head-wise and age-wise profile of the offenders arrested under Cyber
Crimes (IPC) for the year 2006 revealed that offenders involved in
Forgery cases were more in the age-group of 30 -45 (53.6%) (104 out of
194). Nearly 58.7 percent of the persons arrested under Criminal Breach
of Trust/Cyber Fraud offences were in the age group 30-45 years (71 out
of 121).
Incidence of Cyber Crimes in Cities
19 out of 35 mega cities did not report any case of Cyber Crime during the year 2006.
15
mega cities have reported 89 cases under IT Act and 8 mega cities
reported 142 cases under various section of IPC. There was a decline of
nearly 5 percent (from 94 cases in 2005 to 89 cases in 2006) in cases
under IT Act as compared to previous year (2005), and an decrease of
12.9 percent (from 163 cases in 2005 to 142 cases in 2006) of cases
registered under various section of IPC.
Bangalore (27), Rajkot
(10) and Mumbai (9) cities have reported high incidence of such cases
(46 out of 89 cases) accounting for more than half of the cases (51.7%)
reported under IT Act, 2000. Bhopal has reported the highest incidence
(126 out of 142 cases) of cases reported under IPC sections accounting
for 88.7 percent.
(BASED ON REPORT BY NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU)
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