Question

Which of the penalty is applicable for "damage to computer, computer system" under the Information Technology Act, 2000?

• A. Damages by way of compensation not exceeding Rs. $1$ Crore to the person affected
• B. Punished with imprisonment upto 3 years, or with fine which may extend upto Rs. $2$ lakh
• C. Imprisonment of for a term which may extend to $5$ years and with a fine which may extend to Rs. $2$ lakh
• D. Liable to pay damages by way of compensation not exceeding Rs. $1$ Crore to the person affected

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Damages by way of compensation not exceeding Rs. $1$ Crore to the person affected

As per section 43 of the IT Act, 2000, if any person without permission of the owner or any other person who is in charge of a computer, computer system or computer network damages computer or computer system in the following ways:

(a) accesses or secures access to such computer, computer system or computer network or computer resource

(b) downloads, copies or extracts any data, computer data base or information from such computer, computer system or computer network including information or data held or stored in any removable storage medium;

(c) introduces or causes to be introduced any computer contaminant or computer virus into any computer, computer system or computer network;

(d) damages or causes to be damaged any computer, computer system or computer network, data, computer data base or any other programmes residing in such computer, computer system or computer network;

(e) disrupts or causes disruption of any computer, computer system or computer network;

(f) denies or causes the denial of access to any person authorised to access any computer, computer system or computer network by any means;

(g) provides any assistance to any person to facilitate access to a computer, computer system or computer network in contravention of the provisions of this Act, rules or regulations made thereunder;

(h) charges the services availed of by a person to the account of another person by tampering with or manipulating any computer, computer system, or computer network;

[(i) destroys, deletes or alters any information residing in a computer resource or diminishes its value or utility or affects it injuriously by any means;

(j) steal, conceal, destroys or alters or causes any person to steal, conceal, destroy or alter any computer source code used for a computer resource with an intention to cause damage;

he shall be liable to pay damages by way of compensation not exceeding one crore rupees to the person so affected.