Email ID in another person’s name not identity theft, Allahabad HC rules
The Allahabad high court has stayed an FIR against two individuals. They were accused of creating an email ID in another person's name. The court questioned if this action constituted identity theft under IT Act. It noted the law specifically mentions electronic signatures and passwords, not email IDs. The FIR was stayed pending further orders from the court.
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed charges against two men accused of creating an email ID in another person's name and using it for fake complaints. The court ruled that creating an email ID in someone else's name is not identity theft under Section 66C of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Justice Abdul Moin and Pramod Kumar Srivastava stated that an email ID does not require an electronic signature, password, or unique identification feature.
The court emphasized that the legislature did not include "email ID" in Section 66C, emphasizing the absence of any unique identification requirement for creating an email account.
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