Information Technology Act Section 84C — Punishment for attempt to commit offences

CHAPTER XIII MISCELLANEOUS

Cyber Law

Summary

A person who tries to commit an offence under this Act, or gets someone else to commit it, and in that attempt takes any step towards actually committing the offence, will be punished if the Act does not already have a specific punishment for such an attempt. The punishment will be imprisonment of the same type as that provided for the full offence, for a term up to half of the longest jail term possible for that offence, or the same fine as that provided for the offence, or both.

Official Text

Whoever attempts to commit an offence punishable by this Act or causes such an offence to be committed, and in such an attempt does any act towards the commission of the offence, shall, where no express provision is made for the punishment of such attempt, be punished with imprisonment of any description provided for the offence, for a term which may extend to one-half of the longest term of imprisonment provided for that offence, or with such fine as is provided for the offence, or with both.]