{
  "id": 6100563,
  "title": "Email ID in another person’s name not identity theft, Allahabad HC rules",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/email-id-in-another-persons-name-not-identity-theft-allahabad-hc-rules",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T04:34:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/legal/news/email-id-in-another-persons-name-not-identity-theft-allahabad-hc-rules/articleshow/133863312.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Creating email ID in someone else’s name not identity theft: Allahabad High Court stays FIR",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/creating-email-id-in-someone-elses-name-not-identity-theft-allahabad",
        "published": "2026-09-07T06:45:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}