*[ 66A. Punishment
for sending offensive messages through communication service,
etc..- Any person who sends, by means of a computer
resource or a communication device,-
(a) any information that is grossly offensive or has menacing
character; or
(b) any information which he knows to be false, but for the
purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience, danger, obstruction,
insult, injury, criminal intimidation, enmity, hatred, or
ill will, persistently makes by making use of such computer
resource or a communication device,
(c) any electronic mail or electronic mail message for the
purpose of causing annoyance or inconvenience or to deceive
or to mislead the addressee or recipient about the origin
of such messages
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to tthree years and with fine.
Explanation: For the purposes of this section, terms "Electronic
mail" and "Electronic Mail Message" means a
message or information created or transmitted or received
on a computer, computer system, computer resource or communication
device including attachments in text, image, audio, video
and any other electronic record, which may be transmitted
with the message.
[* Inserted vide Information Technology Amendment Act, 2008]
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