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Section 340(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 states that "whoever fraudulently or dishonestly…

Section 340(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 471 IPC) is the offence of knowingly, or with reason to believe, fraudulently or dishonestly using a…

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Section 340(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 states that "whoever fraudulently or dishonestly uses as genuine any document or electronic record which he knows or has reason to believe to be a forged document or electronic record, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had forged such document or electronic record". If a person is convicted only for the offence under Section 340(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 he will then

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Section 340(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 471 IPC) is the offence of knowingly, or with reason to believe, fraudulently or dishonestly using a forged document as genuine. It sets the punishment by reference to the punishment for forging that type of document: the user is punished in the same manner as if he had forged the document or electronic record. A conviction for use alone therefore carries that corresponding punishment; the reference does not create a second conviction or an additional punishment for personally making the forgery.

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