Bengaluru
The city police have invoked the cyber terrorism provisions in the recent hoax bomb threat emails to over 15 schools in the city. This is probably the first time the section has been invoked in connection with a hoax threat case.
The police have booked unidentified persons under Section 66F for cyber terrorism of Information Technology Act, 2000 for the act “with intent to threaten the unity, integrity, security or sovereignty of India or to strike terror in the people or any section of the people”. A person convicted under the section can be sentenced for life.
