Section 66F of ITA, 2000 : Section 66F: Punishment For Cyber Terrorism

(1) Whoever, - (A) with intent to threaten the unity, integrity, security or sovereignty of India or to strike terror in the people or any section of the people by - denying or cause the denial of access to any person authorised to access computer resource; or attempting to penetrate or access a computer resource without authorisation or exceeding authorised access; or introducing or causing to introduce any computer contaminant, and by means of such conduct causes or is likely to cause death or injuries to persons or damage to or destruction of property or disrupts or knowing that it is likely to cause damage or disruption of supplies or services essential to the life of the community or adversely affect the critical information infrastructure specified under section 70; or (B) knowingly or intentionally penetrates or accesses a computer resource without authorisation or exceeding authorised access, and by means of such conduct obtains access to information, data or computer database that is restricted for reasons of the securit...

(1) If a person: (A) Intentionally does any of the following to threaten India's unity, integrity, security, or sovereignty, or to terrorize people or a group of people: Blocks or causes someone to be blocked from accessing a computer system they are allowed to use; Tries to get into a computer s...

Let's consider a hypothetical scenario. Mr. X, a skilled hacker, has a grudge against India due to some personal reasons. He decides to express his anger by disrupting the nation's digital infrastructure. To do this, he intentionally penetrates a crit...