Are credit card numbers confidential information

Possession of others Credit Card or numbers with other details without a resonable ground is similar to theft. Let it be Indian or a Foreign Card.

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any particular section under the ipc applicable to this ?

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any citation or section is there then pls provide.

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as from what i gather, to be classified as stolen property , property needs to be movable and thus tangible, ie if data was taken while it was in for eg a hard disk or cd or a printout, it would be considered theft and hence stolen property , or if was obtained by hacking then the provisions of the it act would apply, but mere possession of these numbers via electronic form, i.e email , would not be illegal under our law ? am i correct in my interpretation of the law

In US, if you are in possession of another persons Credit/bank information without authorisationuilty and you are proven guilty, you are going behind bars, your Green card/citizenship is in jeopardy and all your future employment in government, finance, healthcare is potentially sealed. 

How you obtained the credit card # may be important. If you used technology to steal the credit card versus, you picked someones pocket and got hold of the card may make a difference. 

my query is more with regard to india.

are there any specific sections of the law that apply in this case ?

can the possession of another individuals credit card... not hte physical card, just the data , be considered stolen property ?