● Modified in BNS
Forgery intended for use in cheating carries up to 7 years' imprisonment and fine under BNS Section 336(3), unchanged from IPC 468, now expressly extended to forged electronic records as well as documents.
Section 468 IPC punished forgery committed with intent that the forged document be used for the purpose of cheating, with imprisonment of either description up to 7 years, and fine -- the more serious forgery variant compared with base forgery under Section 465.
BNS Section 336(3) reproduces the offence and punishment unchanged, adding only the electronic-record extension: "intending that the document or electronic record forged shall be used for the purpose of cheating."
Unchanged in substance apart from the electronic-record extension and the structural merge into BNS 336 as a numbered sub-section instead of a standalone section.
Imprisonment of either description up to 7 years, and fine..
IPC 468 is non-bailable..
This is a cognizable. offence.
Non-compoundable..
Matters under IPC 468 are tried before the Magistrate of the First Class..
Common defences include absence of intent that the forged document be used for cheating, and the general forgery defences of lack of dishonest intent or lawful authority to make the document.
Summaries are for general information and are not legal advice. For the authoritative bare-act text, see the official Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Indian Penal Code, 1860 (full amended text, as it stood before repeal) on India Code, or the Ministry of Home Affairs' new criminal laws page. ← All comparisons