Penalties or confiscation not to interfere with other punishments.
No penalty imposed or confiscation made under this Act shall prevent the imposition of any
other punishment to which the person affected thereby is liable under any other law for the time being in force.
No individual confiscating the ethics and norms of computer resources can escape the security measures imposed by the government of India.
Compounding of Offences - Information Technology Act.
(1) A Court of competent jurisdiction may compound offences other than offences for which
the punishment for life or imprisonment for a term exceeding three years has been provided under this Act.
Provided that the Court shall not compound such offence where the accused is by reason of his previous conviction, liable to either enhanced punishment or to a punishment of a different kind.
Provided further that the Court shall not compound any offence where such offence affects the socio-economic conditions of the country or has been committed against a child below the age of 18 years or a woman.
(2) The person accused of an offence under this act may file an application for compounding in the court in which offence is pending for trial and the provisions of section 265 B and 265 C of Code of Criminal Procedures, 1973 shall apply.
The offences for which a victim is being held in a trial can experience the compounding of charges of him. One twitch to this section is that a victim cannot be compounded with crimes is he/she is already convicted for life imprisonment.
Offences with three years imprisonment to be cognizable - Information Technology Act.
Notwithstanding anything contained in Criminal Procedure Code 1973, the offence punishable with imprisonment of three years and above shall be cognizable and the offence punishable with imprisonment of three years shall be bailable.
Any individual convicted for the offence committed can be liable of imprisonment and can be bailed.
