SEXTORTION CYBER HYBRID CRIME- NEED TO REFORM CYBER LAWS IN INDIA

AUTHOR – SHANU RAJPUT, STUDENT AT NATIONAL LAW INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY,BHOPAL

BEST CITATION – SHANU RAJPUT, SEXTORTION CYBER HYBRID CRIME- NEED TO REFORM CYBER LAWS IN INDIA, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 4 (1) OF 2024, PG. 837-848, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

ABSTRACT

Sextortion is one of the increasingly prevalent internet crimes, but still it is not well-defined or understood due to absence of any direct laws and legislation on it. As new technology is making and makes it more challenging for the regulators to regulate it. this project deals with the meaning of the term sextortion as a crime and proposes urgent requirement of implementing laws to regulating sextortion as a crime in India and the need for public awareness of this disturbingly prevalent cyber-sex crime to reduce the crime.