Kritika Bhalla, Ideal Institute of Management and Technology (GGSIPU) ABSTRACT The phenomenon popularly termed ‘digital arrest’ a species of cyber-enabled extortion in which fraudsters impersonate law-enforcement or judicial authorities over video calls to coerce victims into transferring money under threat of confinement has emerged as one of the most significant criminal- justice challenges of India’s digital decade. Though the expression has no statutory foundation, its architecture of...