Lok Sabha Question No. 2645 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-16
Subject: Cyber Fraud Cases in Karnataka and Bengaluru
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri P C Mohan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2645

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2025/ AGRAHAYANA 25, 1947 (SAKA)

CYBER FRAUD CASES IN KARNATAKA AND BENGALURU

2645. SHRI P C MOHAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of cyber fraud cases reported in the country during the last three years, along with the figures for Karnataka and Bengaluru separately;
- (b)  the  major  types  of  cyber  frauds  being  reported,  such  as  UPI  scams, online shopping frauds and identity theft;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to prevent and track cyber crimes, including the role of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) and the cyber helpline 1930;
- (d) the awareness campaigns and training programmes being carried out to  educate  citizens  in  the  country  and  specifically  in  Karnataka  and Bengaluru about online safety; and
- (e)  the  punishments  and  legal  actions  prescribed  under  the  Information Technology Act and related laws against those involved in cyber frauds?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR)

(a) to (e): The  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  compiles  and publishes the statistical data on crimes in its publication 'Crime in India'. The latest published report is for the year 2023. As per the data published by the  NCRB, State/UT-wise (including Karnataka) cases registered under

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 2645 FOR 16.12.2025

Fraud for Cyber Crimes (involving communication devices as medium/target)  and  Crime  Head-wise  cases  registered  under  Cyber Crimes (involving communication devices as medium/target) in Bengaluru during the period from 2021 to 2023 are at the Annexure-I& II respectively.  Crime  Head-wise  cases  registered  under  Cyber  Crimes (involving  communication  devices  as  medium/target)  during  2023  is  at Annexure-III.

'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  as  per  the  Seventh Schedule  of  the  Constitution  of  India.  The  States/UTs  are  primarily responsible for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of crimes  including  cyber  crime  through  their  Law  Enforcement  Agencies (LEAs).  The  Central  Government  supplements  the  initiatives  of the States/UTs  through  advisories  and  financial  assistance  under  various schemes for capacity building of their LEAs.

To strengthen the mechanism  to  deal  with cyber crimes in a comprehensive  and  coordinated  manner,  the  Central  Government  has taken steps which, inter-alia, include the following:

- i. The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  set  up  the  'Indian  Cyber  Crime Coordination Centre' (I4C) as an attached office to deal with all types

of  cyber  crimes  in  the  country,  in  a  coordinated  and  comprehensive manner.

- ii. The 'National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal' (NCRP) (https://cybercrime.gov.in) has been launched, as a part of the I4C, to enable  public  to  report  incidents  pertaining  to  all  types  of  cyber crimes,  with  special  focus  on  cyber  crimes  against  women  and children. Cyber crime incidents reported on this portal, their conversion  into  FIRs  and  subsequent  action  thereon  are  handled  by the State/UT Law  Enforcement  Agencies  concerned  as  per the provisions of the law.
- iii. The 'Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System' (CFCFRMS), under I4C, has been launched in year 2021 for immediate reporting  of  financial  frauds  and  to  stop  siphoning  off  funds  by  the fraudsters.  Till  31.10.2025,  financial  amount  of  more  than  Rs.  7,130 Crore has been saved in more than 23.02 lakh complaints. A toll-free Helpline number '1930' has been operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.
- iv. A  State  of  the  Art,  Cyber  Fraud  Mitigation  Centre  (CFMC)  has  been established  at  I4C  where  representatives  of  major  banks,  Financial Intermediaries,  Payment  Aggregators,  Telecom  Service  Providers,  IT Intermediaries  and  representatives  of States/UTs  Law  Enforcement

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Agency  are  working  together  for  immediate  action  and  seamless cooperation to tackle cybercrime.

- v. Till 31.10.2025, more than 11.14 lakhs SIM cards and 2.96 lakhs IMEIs as reported by Police authorities have been blocked by Government of India.
- vi. Seven Joint Cyber Coordination Teams (JCCTs) have been constituted for Mewat, Jamtara, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Vishakhapatnam, and Guwahati under I4C covering the whole country based  upon  cyber  crime  hotspots/  areas  having  multi  jurisdictional issues by on boarding States/UTs to enhance  the coordination framework among the Law Enforcement Agencies of the States/UTs.
- vii. I4C, MHA is regularly organising 'State Connect', 'Thana Connect' and Peer  learning  session  to  share  best  practices,  enhance  capacity building, etc.
- viii. The state of the art 'National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (Investigation)' has been established, as a part of the I4C, at New Delhi (on 18.02.2019) and at Assam (on 29.08.2025) to provide early stage cyber  forensic  assistance  to  Investigating  Officers  (IOs)  of  State/UT Police.  So  far,  National  Cyber  Forensics  Laboratory  (Investigation), New Delhi has provided its services to State/UT LEAs in around 12,952 cases pertaining to cyber crimes.

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- ix. 'Sahyog' Portal has been launched to expedite the process of sending notices  to  IT  intermediaries  by  the  Appropriate  Government  or  its agency under clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 79 of the IT Act, 2000 to facilitate the removal or disabling of access to any information,  data  or  communication  link  being  used  to  commit  an unlawful act.
2. x.
3. A Suspect Registry of identifiers of cyber criminals has been launched by I4C on 10.09.2024 in collaboration with Banks/Financial Institutions. Till 31.10.2025, more than 18.43 lakh suspect identifier data received from Banks and 24.67 lakh Layer 1 mule accounts have been shared with  the  participating  entities  of  Suspect  Registry  and  declined transactions worth Rs. 8031.56 crores.
- xi. Samanvaya  Platform  has  been  made  operational  to  serve  as  an Management Information System(MIS) platform, data repository and a coordination  platform  for  LEAs  for  cybercrime  data  sharing  and analytics. It provides analytics based interstate linkages of crimes and criminals,  involved  in  cybercrime  complaints  in  various  States/UTs. The module 'Pratibimb' maps  locations of criminals and crime infrastructure on a map to give visibility to jurisdictional officers. The module also facilitates seeking and receiving of techno-legal assistance  by Law Enforcement  Agencies from I4C and other SMEs. It

has lead to arrest of 16,840 accused and 1,05,129 Cyber Investigation assistance request.

- xii. The Central Government has taken various initiatives to create cyber crime awareness which, inter-alia, include:-
- 1) The Hon'ble Prime Minister spoke about digital arrests during the episode "Mann Ki Baat" on 27.10.2024  and apprised  the citizens of India.
- 2) A special programme was organized by Aakashvani, New Delhi on Digital Arrest on 28.10.2024.
- 3) Caller Tune Campaign: I4C is collaboration with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has  launched a caller  tune  campaign with effect from 19.12.2024 for raising awareness about cybercrime and promoting the Cybercrime Helpline Number 1930 &  NCRP  portal.  The  caller  tunes  were  also  being  broadcast  in English,  Hindi  and  10  regional  languages  by  Telecom  Service Providers (TSPs). Six versions of caller tunes were played which cover various modus-operandi, namely, Digital Arrest, Investment Scam, Malware, Fake Loan App, Fake Social Media Advertisements.
- 4) The Central Government has launched a comprehensive awareness programme on digital arrest scams which, inter-alia,

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include; newspaper advertisement, announcement in Delhi Metros,  use  of  social  media  influencers  to  create  special  posts, campaign  through  Prasar  Bharti  and  electronic  media,  special programme on Aakashvani.

- 5) In partnership with DD  News,  I4C conducted  a cybercrime awareness  campaign  running  through  Weekly  Show  Cyber-Alert starting from 19th July 2025 for 52 Weeks.
- 6) To further spread awareness on cyber crime, the Central Government has taken steps which, inter-alia, include; dissemination of messages through SMS, I4C social media account i.e. X (formerly Twitter) (@CyberDost), Facebook(CyberDostI4C), Instagram (CyberDostI4C), Telegram(cyberdosti4c), SMS  campaign, TV campaign, Radio campaign, School Campaign,  advertisement in cinema  halls, celebrity  endorsement,  IPL  campaign,  campaign  during  Kumbh Mela 2025& Suraj Kund Mela 2025, engaged MyGov for publicity in multiple mediums, organizing Cyber Safety and Security Awareness  weeks  in  association  with  States/UTs,  publishing  of Handbook  for  Adolescents/Students,  digital  displays  on  railway stations and airports across, etc.

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There  are  18  sections  under  the  Information  Technology  Act,  2000 ('IT  Act')  which cover  various  forms  of  cyber  offences,  out  of  which  6 offences are non-bailable and 12 offences are bailable. Details of all the offences  under  the  IT  Act  along  with  their  penal  consequences  are  at Annexure-IV.

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## L.S.US.Q.NO. 2645 FOR 16.12.2025 ANNEXURE-I

## State/UT-wise Cases Registered  under Fraud for Cyber Crimes during 2021-2023

| SL   | State/UT                   |   2021 |   2022 |   2023 |
|------|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh             |    952 |    984 |    909 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh          |      2 |      0 |      0 |
| 3    | Assam                      |     82 |     16 |      0 |
| 4    | Bihar                      |   1373 |   1441 |   2611 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh               |     67 |     42 |     29 |
| 6    | Goa                        |      1 |     11 |      0 |
| 7    | Gujarat                    |    208 |    108 |    112 |
| 8    | Haryana                    |     52 |     44 |     11 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh           |      6 |      9 |      7 |
| 10   | Jharkhand                  |     79 |     98 |     43 |
| 11   | Karnataka                  |      6 |      0 |      0 |
| 12   | Kerala                     |     16 |     26 |    117 |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh             |     89 |    180 |     91 |
| 14   | Maharashtra                |   1678 |   2202 |   2075 |
| 15   | Manipur                    |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 16   | Meghalaya                  |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 17   | Mizoram                    |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 18   | Nagaland                   |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 19   | Odisha                     |   1205 |    957 |   1362 |
| 20   | Punjab                     |     29 |     61 |     25 |
| 21   | Rajasthan                  |    371 |    292 |     84 |
| 22   | Sikkim                     |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                 |    107 |    251 |    887 |
| 24   | Telangana                  |   7003 |   9581 |  10626 |
| 25   | Tripura                    |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh              |    614 |    766 |    287 |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                |      0 |     31 |     18 |
| 28   | West Bengal                |     40 |     30 |      7 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)             |  13980 |  17130 |  19301 |
| 29   | A&N Islands                |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 30   | Chandigarh                 |      0 |      2 |      0 |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 32   | Delhi                      |     19 |    331 |    163 |
| 33   | Jammu & Kashmir            |      8 |      7 |      2 |
| 34   | Ladakh                     |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 36   | Puducherry                 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)                |     27 |    340 |    165 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)          |  14007 |  17470 |  19466 |

Source: 'Crime in India' published by NCRB .

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 2645 FOR 16.12.2025 ANNEXURE-II

## Crime Head-wise Cases Registered under Cyber Crimes in Bengaluru During 2021-2023

| SL   | Crime Heads                                                                    |   2021 |   2022 |   2023 |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Tampering computer source documents                                            |      4 |      4 |      4 |
| 2    | Computer Related Offences                                                      |   6247 |   9501 |  17122 |
| 3    | Cyber Terrorism                                                                |      1 |      1 |      1 |
| 4    | Publication/transmission of obscene / sexually explicit act in electronic form |    170 |    422 |    471 |
| 5    | Interception or Monitoring or decryption of Information                        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 6    | Un-authorized access/attempt to access to protected computer system            |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 7    | Abetment to Commit Offences                                                    |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 8    | Attempt to Commit Offences                                                     |      0 |      3 |      1 |
| 9    | Other Sections of IT Act                                                       |      0 |      9 |     32 |
| A    | Total Offences under I.T. Act                                                  |   6423 |   9940 |  17631 |
| 10   | Abetment of Suicide (Online)                                                   |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 11   | Cyber Stalking/Bullying of Women/Children                                      |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 12   | Data theft                                                                     |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 13   | Fraud                                                                          |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 14   | Cheating                                                                       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 15   | Forgery                                                                        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 16   | Defamation/Morphing                                                            |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 17   | Fake Profile                                                                   |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 18   | Counterfeiting                                                                 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 19   | Cyber Blackmailing/Threatening                                                 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 20   | Fake News on Social Media                                                      |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 21   | Other Offences                                                                 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| B    | Total Offences under IPC                                                       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 22   | Gambling Act (Online Gambling)                                                 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 23   | Lotteries Act (Online Lotteries)                                               |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 24   | Copy Right Act                                                                 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 25   | Trade Marks Act                                                                |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 26   | Other SLL Crimes                                                               |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| C    | Total Offences under SLL                                                       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|      | Total Cyber Crimes                                                             |   6423 |   9940 |  17631 |

Source: 'Crime in India' published by NCRB .

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 2645 FOR 16.12.2025 ANNEXURE-III

Crimeheads-wise Cases Registered under Cyber Crimes (Involving Communication Devices as Medium/Target) during 2023

| SL   | Crime heads                                                                                           | Cases Registered   |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| 1    | Tampering computer source documents                                                                   | 71                 |
| 2    | Computer Related Offences                                                                             | 35329              |
| 2.1  | Computer Related Offences                                                                             | 4154               |
| 2.1A | Ransom-ware                                                                                           | 795                |
| 2.1B | Offences other than Ransom-ware                                                                       | 3359               |
| 2.2  | Dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device                                | 395                |
| 2.3  | Identity Theft                                                                                        | 4978               |
| 2.4  | Cheating by personation by using computer resource                                                    | 25334              |
| 2.5  | Violation of Privacy                                                                                  | 468                |
| 3    | Cyber Terrorism                                                                                       | 11                 |
| 4    | Publication/transmission of obscene / sexually explicit act in electronic form                        | 7893               |
| 4.1  | Publishing or transmitting obscene material in Electronic Form                                        | 3110               |
| 4.2  | Publishing or transmitting of material containing Sexually explicit act in electronic form            | 2168               |
| 4.3  | Publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in Sexually explicit act in electronic form | 1472               |
| 4.4  | Preservation and retention of information by intermediaries                                           | 23                 |
| 4.5  | Other Sections 67 IT Act                                                                              | 1120               |
| 5    | Interception or Monitoring or decryption of Information                                               | 1                  |
| 6    | Un-authorized access/attempt to access to protected computer system                                   | 1                  |
| 7    | Abetment to Commit Offences                                                                           | 0                  |
| 8    | Attempt to Commit Offences                                                                            | 11                 |
| 9    | Other Sections of IT Act                                                                              | 920                |
| A    | Total Offences under I.T. Act                                                                         | 44237              |
| 10   | Abetment of Suicide (Online)                                                                          | 30                 |
| 11   | Cyber Stalking/Bullying of Women/Children                                                             | 1305               |
| 12   | Data theft                                                                                            | 113                |
| 13   | Fraud                                                                                                 | 19466              |
| 13.1 | Credit Card/Debit Card                                                                                | 2098               |
| 13.2 | ATMs                                                                                                  | 1783               |
| 13.3 | Online Banking Fraud                                                                                  | 4435               |
| 13.4 | OTP Frauds                                                                                            | 5116               |
| 13.5 | Others                                                                                                | 6034               |
| 14   | Cheating                                                                                              | 16943              |
|      |                                                                                                       | 36                 |
| 16   | Defamation/Morphing                                                                                   |                    |
| 17   | Fake Profile                                                                                          | 225                |
| 18   | Counterfeiting                                                                                        | 0                  |
| 18.1 | Currency                                                                                              | 0                  |
| 18.2 | Stamps                                                                                                | 0                  |
| 19   | Cyber Blackmailing/Threatening                                                                        | 689                |
| 20   | Fake News on Social Media                                                                             | 209                |
| 21   | Other Offences                                                                                        | 2389               |
| B    | Total Offences under IPC                                                                              | 41849              |
| 22   | Gambling Act (Online Gambling)                                                                        | 87                 |
| 23   | Lotteries Act (Online Lotteries)                                                                      | 0                  |
| 24   | Copy Right Act                                                                                        | 23                 |
| 25   | Trade Marks Act                                                                                       | 1                  |
| 26 C | Other SLL Crimes Total Offences under SLL                                                             | 223 334            |
|      | Total Cyber Crimes (A+B+C)                                                                            | 86420              |

Source: 'Crime in India' published by NCRB.

L.S.US.Q.NO. 2645 FOR 16.12.2025 ANNEXURE-IV Offences under the IT Act along with their penal actions

|   S. No. | Section No.   | Offence                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Punishment                                                                                                                              | Bailable/Cognizable      |
|----------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|        1 | 65            | Tampering with computer source documents.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine up to 2 lakhs or both                                                                                | Bailable, Cognizable     |
|        2 | 66            | Computer related offences: Punishment for doing dishonestly or fraudulently any act cited in section 43 directly or causing any person to do so, such as unauthorised access to or use of, introducing virus to, damages to, disruption of, denial of access to, assistance to access to, wrongful charges to another person's account by tampering with, destroying, deletion or alteration of any information in, computer resource or stealing/ concealing/ destroying any computer source code. | Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine up to 5 lakh or both.                                                                                | Bailable, Cognizable     |
|        3 | 66B           | Punishment for dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine up to 1 lakh or both.                                                                                | Bailable, Cognizable     |
|        4 | 66C           | Punishment for identity theft, i.e., making use of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine up to 1 lakh or both.                                                                                | Bailable, Cognizable     |
|        5 | 66D           | Punishment for cheating by personation by using computer resource                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Imprisonment up to 3 years and fine up to 1 lakh.                                                                                       | Bailable, Cognizable     |
|        6 | 66E           | Punishment for violation of privacy.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine up to 2 lakh or both                                                                                 | Bailable, Cognizable     |
|        7 | 66F           | Punishment for cyber terrorism                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Imprisonment which may extend to life.                                                                                                  | Non-Bailable, Cognizable |
|        8 | 67            | Punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 1st Conviction - Imprisonment up to 3 years and fine up to 5 lakh. 2nd Conviction - Imprisonment up to 5 years and fine up to 10 lakh   | Bailable, Cognizable     |
|        9 | 67A           | Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1st Conviction - Imprisonment up to 5 years and fine up to 10 lakh. 2nd Conviction - Imprisonment up to 7 years and fine up to 10 lakh. | Non-Bailable, Cognizable |

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 2645 FOR 16.12.2025 ANNEXURE-IV

|   S. No. | Section No.   | Offence                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Punishment                                                                                                                              | Bailable/Cognizable      |
|----------|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|       10 | 67B           | Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form                                                                                                                                                                 | 1st Conviction - Imprisonment up to 5 years and fine up to 10 lakh. 2nd Conviction - Imprisonment up to 7 years and fine up to 10 lakh. | Non-Bailable, Cognizable |
|       11 | 69            | Power to issue directions for interception or monitoring or decryption of any information through any computer resource ( punishment to intermediary who fails to assist the agency )                                                                                                       | Imprisonment up to 7 years and fine                                                                                                     | Non-Bailable, Cognizable |
|       12 | 69A           | Power to issue directions for blocking for public access of any information through any computer resource. ( punishment to intermediary who fails to comply with such Government direction )                                                                                                | Imprisonment up to 7 years and fine                                                                                                     | Non-Bailable, Cognizable |
|       13 | 69B           | Power to authorise to monitor and collect traffic data or information through any computer resource for cyber security. ( punishment to intermediary who intentionally or knowingly contravenes by not providing technical assistance )                                                     | Imprisonment up to 1 year or fine up to 1 crore or both                                                                                 | Bailable, Cognizable     |
|       14 | 70            | Critical Information Infrastructure (CII)/ Protected system: Punishment to any person who secures access or attempts to secure access to any computer resources relating to CII and declared as protected system                                                                            | Imprisonment up to 10 years and fine                                                                                                    | Non-Bailable, Cognizable |
|       15 | 70B           | CERT-In: Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) to serve as national agency for incident response. ( punishment to any service provider, intermediaries, datacentres, etc., who fails to provide the information called for or comply with the direction issued by the CERT-In ) | Imprisonment up to 1 year or fine up to 1 crore or both                                                                                 | Bailable, Non-Cognizable |
|       16 | 71            | Punishment for misrepresentation to Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) or Certifying Authorities                                                                                                                                                                                    | Imprisonment up to 2 years or fine up to 1 lakh or both                                                                                 | Bailable, Non-Cognizable |
|       17 | 73            | Punishment for publishing electronic signature Certificate false in certain particulars                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Imprisonment up to 2 years or fine up to 1 lakh or both                                                                                 | Bailable, Non-Cognizable |
|       18 | 74            | Punishment for publication of electronic signature certificate for fraudulent purpose                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Imprisonment up to 2 years or fine up to 1 lakh or both                                                                                 | Bailable, Non-Cognizable |

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