Legal provisions regarding Forgery for purpose of cheating under section 468 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Forgery for purpose of cheating:
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“Whoever commits forgery, intending that the document or electronic record forged shall be used for the purpose of cheating, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine?”
Section 468 applies where forgery contemplated with the intention of committing cheating. Section 468 will not apply when the cheating is complete, and the subsequent forgery is only intended to cover that offence.
ADVERTISEMENTS:
Section 468 does not require that the accused should commit the offence of cheating. What is material for Section 468 is committing forgery with the intent to use the forged document for the purpose of cheating. If the accused has used the forged document for the purpose of cheating, he becomes liable under Section 468 as well as for committing the offence of cheating.
The offence under Section 468 is cognizable but warrant should issue. It is both non-bailable and non-compoundable and is triable by Magistrate of the first class.