BNS Section 347 — Counterfeiting a property mark
CHAPTER XVIII OF OFFENCES RELATING TO DOCUMENTS AND TO PROPERTY MARKS
Criminal
Summary
Sub-section (1) covers counterfeiting a property mark used by any other person. Whoever does this can be punished with imprisonment of either kind for up to two years, or with a fine, or with both.
Sub-section (2) covers counterfeiting a property mark used by a public servant, or any mark used by a public servant to denote that property was manufactured by a particular person, at a particular time or place, that the property is of a particular quality, that it has passed through a particular office, or that it is entitled to any exemption. It also covers using as genuine any such mark while knowing it to be counterfeit. Whoever does any of these acts can be punished with imprisonment of either kind for up to three years, and shall also be liable to a fine.
Official Text
(1) Whoever counterfeits any property mark used by any other person shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
(2) Whoever counterfeits any property mark used by a public servant, or any mark used by a public servant to denote that any property has been manufactured by a particular person or at a particular time or place, or that the property is of a particular quality or has passed through a particular office, or that it is entitled to any exemption, or uses as genuine any such mark knowing the same to be counterfeit, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Related Judgments
- SC (2025) Vol.3 p.1309 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
- SC (2025) Vol.11 p.291 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
- SC (2025) Vol.6 p.280 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
- SC (2025) Vol.3 p.1531 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
- SC (2024) Vol.8 p.670 — Supreme Court of India (2024)
- SC (2024) Vol.6 p.129 — Supreme Court of India (2024)
- SC (2025) Vol.4 p.2730 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
- SC (2025) Vol.7 p.105 — Supreme Court of India (2025)