Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
कलम 339
Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be
Whoever has in his possession any document or electronic record, knowing the same to be forged and intending that the same shall fraudulently or dishonestly be used as genuine, shall, if the document or electronic record is one of the description mentioned in section 337 of this Sanhita, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; and if the document is one of the description mentioned in section 338, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description, for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
पडताळणी प्रलंबित
हे का आहे
बनावट करणारेच नुकसान करतात असे नाही; बनावट कागदपत्रे जाणीवपूर्वक तयार ठेवून योग्य वेळेला वापरणारेही जनतेस आणि संभाव्य पीडितांना तितकेच धोकादायक असतात. ही तरतूद अशा पोकळीवर बंद लावते—अधिकृत कागदपत्रे किंवा मौल्यवान हमीपत्रे/प्रतिभूती बनावट असल्याचे माहीत असूनही ती खरी असल्याप्रमाणे वापरण्याच्या हेतूने ताब्यात ठेवण्यास शिक्षा ठरवते, आणि शिक्षेची पातळी कागदपत्राच्या प्रकाराच्या गांभीर्याशी अनुरूप ठेवते.