Cyber Crime Lawyer
From phishing and identity theft to deepfake extortion and corporate hacks — Shield runs cyber matters end-to-end across cells in Delhi NCR and beyond.
Cyber crime in India is no longer the rare exception — it is the default shape of fraud. UPI scams, KYC phishing, fake investment apps, deepfake extortion, sextortion, business email compromise, ransomware and crypto drains now move faster than most police stations can respond. Shield Law Firm represents both victims chasing recovery and the wrongly accused whose accounts or names have been dragged into someone else’s fraud. We file at the right cyber cell, coordinate with the bank’s nodal officer, and run the matter through to charge-sheet — or quash, when the case has no business existing.
Key laws & sections
- Information Technology Act, 2000 — Sections 43, 65, 66, 66C, 66D, 66E, 67
The core statute for unauthorised access, identity theft, cheating by personation, capturing private images and obscene content online.
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 — Sections 318, 319, 336, 351
Cheating, personation, forgery and criminal intimidation — the everyday charges layered on top of IT Act offences.
- BNSS, 2023 — Section 91 (formerly Section 102 CrPC)
The provision invoked to freeze beneficiary accounts that received fraud proceeds — and the same provision we use to defreeze them.
- RBI Master Direction on Customer Protection (2017, as amended)
Limits a customer’s liability where the fraud is reported within 3 working days — critical in unauthorised UPI / card debits.
- CERT-In Directions (April 2022) & I4C / 1930 framework
The infrastructure layer — National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, helpline 1930, and inter-bank lien holds during the “golden hour”.
How we run the matter
- 1Triage in the golden hour
First 60 minutes are decisive. We file on cybercrime.gov.in, dial 1930 and instruct the bank’s nodal officer in writing to place a lien on the beneficiary account before funds layer further.
- 2FIR at the correct cyber cell
We draft a precise complaint — IP logs, transaction IDs, screenshots, device hashes — and file at the cyber thana with jurisdiction. Wrong jurisdiction is the single biggest reason FIRs stall.
- 3Recovery & account release
Coordinate with the IO and banks under the I4C framework to claw back funds. For the wrongly frozen, we file a Section 91 BNSS representation and get the account moving.
- 4Investigation follow-through
Push for Section 65B(IT Evidence) certificates, CDR/IP analysis, mule-account chain mapping and arrests. We attend test identification, statements and remand hearings.
- 5Trial, quashing or compounding
Defend or prosecute through to chargesheet, framing and trial. Where the FIR is mala fide or jurisdiction-less, we move the High Court under Section 528 BNSS / Article 226 to quash.
A partner reviews every WhatsApp personally. No call centres, no junior triage.
WhatsApp +91 7982715470Why Shield for this
- 200+ cyber matters handled across Karkardooma, Tis Hazari, Saket, Ghaziabad and the Delhi High Court — including UPI fraud, sextortion, deepfake blackmail, crypto rug-pulls and BEC.
- Direct working relationships with cyber cells in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram — and with bank nodal officers who actually answer the phone in the first hour.
- Tech-literate drafting. We file complaints with hash values, IP logs and Section 65B certificates baked in — not the vague half-page narratives that cyber cells routinely return.
- Both sides of the table. Acting for victims sharpens our defence work, and vice versa. We know exactly how the other side will argue, because we’ve been them.
Questions clients ask first
I lost money on UPI / a fake trading app. What do I do in the first hour?+
Call 1930, file on cybercrime.gov.in, and email your bank’s nodal officer asking them to invoke the I4C lien. Save every screenshot, transaction ID and chat. Then call us — the first 60 minutes decide whether the money is recoverable or gone.
Someone has filed a fake cyber FIR against me. Can I get it quashed?+
Yes. If the FIR is jurisdictionally bad, mala fide, or the allegations don’t disclose any IT Act offence, we file a Section 528 BNSS / Article 226 petition before the High Court to quash. Many such FIRs are filed only to coerce settlement — and they don’t survive scrutiny.
My bank account has been frozen because someone sent me fraud money. How is this fixed?+
We file a Section 91 BNSS representation before the IO with bank statements and the underlying invoice / contract proving the credit was legitimate. Most such releases happen in 7–18 days. If the IO refuses, we move the magistrate or High Court.
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