Mobile phone cloning
Mobile phone cloning is an introduction -------:
The complete identification of a mobile which also includes its security data, copying and transferring it to another mobile is called mobile phone cloning, in such a case, the same mobile phone can be called from both real and copy data. , But the bill will be received from the original phone only.
How is mobile phone cloning ---:
All mobile phones are found in:
_-------------: Electronic serial No. (ESN)
---------------: Mobile Identification no. (MIN)
Many of the available electronic devices are programmed with ESN / MIN, or the microchip is interchanged, and is switched on on other mobile phones, the whole process takes five to ten minutes, this process The real customer of the consumer does not even know.
Important case of mobile phone cloning in India ------:
In one case, the facts of Saeed Asif vs State of Andhra were as follows.
The Delhi Police arrested four accused on the complaint of Tata Telecom and seized 33 cloned phones, computers, software from them and they said that they used to clone a phone for free between Rs 800 and 1000. When this case reached the court, the court said that the plaintiffs had cloned the Reliance phone and copied it to Tata Indicom. At this time there was a question in the court that whether mobile phone cloning could come under the offense of hacking. Found that police should register information against criminals under Section 66 of Information Technology.
Penalty for mobile phone clonic crime
Crime Mobile Phone Cloning -
Offenses declared under Section 43, 65, and 66 (Information Authority Act 2000).
Cognizable and non-performing (Section 77-B, Information Technology Act 2000)
Investigation - will be done by police officer
- Punishment - {Both three years imprisonment or fine.
- {Penalty up to two lakh rupees for section 65}
- {Penalty up to Rupees Five Lakhs for Section 66}
{Trial court first class magistrate}
You can see the described case from here --- 2005 Criminal Law Journal 4314
Sincerely
Pradeep Tiwari (Advocate)
Katni (Madhya Pradesh)
