While the Indian government has banned a few thousand torrent sites in India, now an individual can face jail time for three years and a fine of Rs 3,00,000 for accessing a blocked URL.The Indian government, with the help of Internet service providers and under directives of the court, has banned thousands of websites and URLs in the last five years.
If you visit such a URL, you will be shown the following warning:

“This URL has been blocked under the instructions of the Competent Government Authority or in compliance with the orders of a Court of competent jurisdiction. Viewing, downloading, exhibiting or duplicating an illicit copy of the contents under this URL is punishable as an offence under the laws of India, including but not limited to under Sections 63, 63-A, 65 and 65-A of the Copyright Act, 1957 which prescribe imprisonment for 3 years and also fine of up to Rs. 3,00,000/-. Any person aggrieved by any such blocking of this URL may contact at [email protected] who will, within 48 hours, provide you the details of relevant proceedings under which you can approach the relevant High Court or Authority for redressal of your grievance”

The order is applicable only to links on Indian websites. The HC had recently passed a similar blocking order for 110 websites when makers of ‘Great Grand Masti’ said it would be no fun for them if viewers had access to illegal, pirated copies online. The producers then had sought 800 websites and links to be blocked.