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डिजिटल अरेस्ट एक ठगी है: वीडियो कॉल पर कोई अफ़सर गिरफ़्तार नहीं करता
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The right information to fight cyber crime
Fraud prevention, the complaint process, and a complete library of Indian law — in plain language.
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The essential guides
Whether it has happened or you want to stay safe — read these step-by-step guides first.
If it has happened
Three things to do in the first hour
Money moves through several accounts within hours. Reporting early is what lets the bank hold it.
- 01 · NOW
Call 1930
The national cyber-crime helpline, 24 hours. The sooner the complaint is on record, the better the chance the money is frozen.
Call 1930 - 02 · TODAY
File at cybercrime.gov.in
Add the written account and documents, and save the acknowledgement number. A cyber-crime FIR can be registered at any police station.
Open the portal - 03 · TODAY
Call your bank
On the number printed on your card or passbook. Dispute the transaction, ask for a freeze, and note the complaint number.
Getting your money back
What happened to you?
- Money left my UPI account
- I shared an OTP and money went
- I entered details on a fake link
- 'Digital arrest' — threats from fake police
- Blackmail over private photos or video
- Job or part-time work scam
- Investment or trading scam
- Loan-app threats and harassment
- My WhatsApp, social or email account was hacked
- Online purchase — nothing arrived, or a fake site
Law compare
Old law → new law, section by section
Six converters — IPC ⇄ BNS, CrPC ⇄ BNSS and Evidence Act ⇄ BSA — with one search across all of them.
- IPC → BNS (old to new)
- BNS → IPC (new to old)
- CrPC → BNSS (old to new)
- BNSS → CrPC (new to old)
- IEA → BSA (old to new)
- BSA → IEA (new to old)
Legal tools
Answers worked out for your case
Each tool cites the section it relies on, so you can read the law yourself.
FIR Decoder
Paste the sections written on an FIR and read what each one means.
Offence Checker
Pick a section — bailable or not, cognizable or not, and which court.
Find an offence
Which offences carry ten years, which allow arrest without a warrant, which can be settled.
Punishment Calculator
Add more than one section and see the combined imprisonment and fine exposure.
Limitation calculator
For some offences a court cannot take cognizance after a fixed period. This follows BNSS ss.514–519 (formerly CrPC ss.468–473).
Cheque bounce — the timeline
A dishonoured cheque runs on three fixed dates, and all three are strict. Enter the date on the bank's return memo and the notice, payment and complaint deadlines are worked out here.
Legal Drafts
Complaint and notice formats to fill in and print, and 7,000+ ready drafts in four languages.
Legal guides
Legal guides
Plain-language guides to your rights: what the police must do on arrest, how bail works, and where to file a complaint.
Your rights on arrest
Keep this page on your phone. Every right is given with its section.
Bail — which route applies
This does not tell you whether bail will be granted. It tells you which provision governs your situation and what that provision says.
Where to complain
Which station, which officer and which court — each with the section it rests on, so you can point at it across the counter.
The law library
Most read
- BNS2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
358 sections
- BNSS2023
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
531 sections
- BSA2023
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
170 sections
- IT Act2000
The Information Technology Act, 2000
125 sections
- DPDP Act2023
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
46 sections
- NI Act1881
The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
155 sections
- IPC1860
The Indian Penal Code, 1860
574 sectionsReplaced by BNS
- CrPC1974
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
535 sectionsReplaced by BNSS
- IEA1872
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
185 sectionsReplaced by BSA
Cyber Blog
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