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Does using torrent in India make you a criminal? Can you be prosecuted for it? What are the key points related to it?
Shortly, yes if you are downloading commercial content.
For example, say if you download google chrome via torrent, you are not doing anything illegal. I sometimes prefer torrents for downloading large free softwares because torrent apps are available for mobiles, and it has a much needed pause and resume functions.
However, if you use torrents to download pirated softwares, movies or so called 'cracks', you can land yourself in serious trouble. And moreover, you are putting your computer too at risk because softwares can be bundled with other rogue softwares and your PC can get infected.
And just remember the world is round, if you steal others hardwork, someday others will steal yours.
Edit: Now, Government has official authority to arrest you for trying to even access Blocked torrent sites. Source - Are you a criminal now? Users may get 3 years in jail for viewing torrent site, blocked URL in India
Though the writing seems to be extremely stupid, because you can get jailed for accessing “blocked sites”, but the only thing you see in blocked site would be the ‘Warning’ of do-not-try-to-access-this-site and so you wont be able to access the sites content, and no stupid court would deny scrapping your case for just viewing a warning page.