Offences and their punishments under Information

Technology Act, 2000

S.no. Offences Section Punishment

Tampering with the documents stored Section Imprisonment of 3 years or a

in a computer system 65 fine of Rs. 2 lakhs or both.

Imprisonment of 3 years or a
Offences related to computers or any Section
fine that extends to Rs. 5 lakhs
act mentioned in Section 43. 66
or both.

Receiving a stolen computer source or Section Imprisonment for 3 years or a

device dishonestly 66B fine of Rs. 1 lakh or both.

Section Imprisonment of 3 years or a

Identity theft
66C fine of Rs. 1 lakh or both

Either imprisonment for 3

Section
Cheating by personation years or a fine of Rs. 1 lakh or
66D
both.

Either imprisonment up to 3
Section
Violation of privacy years or a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs
66E
or both

Section
Cyber terrorism Life imprisonment
66F

Transmitting obscene material in Section Imprisonment of 5 years and a

electronic form. 67 fine of Rs. 10 lakhs.

Transmission of any material

Section Imprisonment of 7 years and a
containing sexually explicit acts
67A fine of Rs. 10 lakhs.
through an electronic mode.

Depicting children in sexually explicit

Section Imprisonment of 7 years and a
form and transmitting such material
67B fine of Rs. 10 lakhs.
through electronic mode
Failure to preserve and retain the Section Imprisonment for 3 years and
information by intermediaries 67C a fine.