Fifteen cyber police stations have been established in each district of the national capital to combat emerging cyber crime trends, the city police have told the Delhi High Court.
Delhi police, in reply to a PIL, said cyber crimes can be easily reported online as well as through facilitation number ‘1930’ which works round-the-clock.
In its response, the Centre told the court that states and union territories can run suitable awareness programmes to spread awareness about the implementation of cyber laws.
The responses came on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking invocation of the relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act whenever a complaint is made for lodging an FIR for an alleged cyber crime.
Delhi police said based on the facts, some cases are registered only under the Information Technology (IT) Act, and for others, relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) are also invoked.
Traditional laws like the IPC can be applied to address various cyber related crimes and offences in instances of hate speech, stalking, recruitment for online propagation of terrorist agenda, sending deceitful messages, etc., the city police said.
“It is relevant to mention here that most of the offences under the IT Act are bailable, whereas the IPC has stringent punishment. Delhi Police diligently considers the facts and circumstances of each case before taking appropriate action,” the reply filed through Delhi government standing counsel Santosh Kumar Tripathi said.