A NEW GENRE OF CYBERCRIME – DIGITAL ARREST

AUTHOR – YOGESH PRASAD KOLEKAR, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT M.K.E.S COLLEGE OF LAW

BEST CITATION – YOGESH PRASAD KOLEKAR, A NEW GENRE OF CYBERCRIME – DIGITAL ARREST, ILE MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL, 3 (1) OF 2024, PG. 210-212, APIS – 3920-0007 | ISSN – 2583-7230.

ABSTRACT

Technological advancement serves as a symbol of human progress and advancement. It is often viewed as a tale of growth. The advent of the Internet has effectively transformed the world into a global village, enabling individuals to connect with each other through a device and app/software. In 1996, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) introduced a model law on Electronic Commerce to provide legal recognition to electronic records and transactions conducted electronically. India enacted the Information Technology Act, 2000 is based on the model law on Electronic Commerce. The emergence of new technology, especially the internet, gave birth to new type of crime known as cybercrime or online offenses. In recent years, a new genre of cybercrime have emerged and created havoc in lives of innocent citizen who fearing arrest fall into the traps of cyber criminals through ‘digital arrest’. A digital arrest is a cybercrime where a person personates as a law enforcement officer and intimidate to take legal action or arrest for the offense which the person has actually not done.