Unit IV · Topic 8Drug trafficking and counterfeiting – Previous Year Questions

Ans. (a) : Counterfeit has been defined under section 28 of Indian Penal Code- under which a person who causes one thing to resemble another thing intending by means of that resemblance to practice deception or knowing it to be likely that deception will thereby be practiced, is said to counterfeit.

Ans. (c) : According to section 230 of IPC, the currency is the metal which is then being used in the form of money and is currently and stamped by the authority of any state or empowered powers for this purpose for use in the form of money. Which is not considered an offence in the order of providing protection to the current coin.

Ans. (d) : Section 463 of IPC defines forgery. Whoever makes any false document or false electronic record or any part of a document or electronic record, with intent to cause damage or injury to the public or to any person, or to support any claim or title, or to cause any person to part with property, or to enter into any express or implied contract, or with intent to commit fraud or that fraud may be committed, commits forgery. In the present problem, knowingly making faulty entries initially in the official record by the official officer by his own authority. This is not forgery because it cannot cause any damage or injury to the public or to any person. This forgery is not because it does not support any property claim, nor does it show any intention of a person to alienate property and commit fraud, thus no offence has been committed under section 463.

Ans. (a) : According to Section 232 of the Indian Penal Code, whoever counterfeits Indian coin or knowingly performs any part of the process of counterfeiting Indian coin, shall be punished with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.