SC allows interim bail to cyber-security researcher in case relating to unauthorised accessing of computer networks

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed interim bail to a cyber-security researcher accused by the Chennai Police of unauthorisedly accessing computer networks and extracting insurance-related data.A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant issued notice to the State of Tamil Nadu, returnable on September 18.The petitioner-cyber researcher, Himanshu Pathak, had moved the Supreme Court after the Madras High Court, on July 3, rejected his plea to quash the chargesheet filed against him by the CCB Cyber Crime Police Station for offences under Sections 66 (punishment for accessing computer systems or networks without permission) read with 43(b) (extraction of data from a computer) under the Information Technology Act.The special leave petition filed by Mr. Pathak, besides the State of T