IPC Section 28 — Counterfeit

general explanations

General

Summary

A person is said to counterfeit something when they make one thing look like another thing, with the intention to deceive someone through that resemblance, or knowing that deception is likely to happen because of it.

Official Text

A person is said to “counterfeit” 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.

Related Judgments

  • THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH v. HAFIZ MOHAMMAD ISMAIL AND HAFIZ JAWED ALI — Supreme Court of India (1960)
  • STATE OF KERALA v. MATHAI VERGHESE — Supreme Court of India (1987)
  • SARABHAI M. CHEMICALS v. C.C.E., VADODARA — Supreme Court of India (S)
  • DIPAKBHAI JAGDISHCHANDRA PATEL v. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER — Supreme Court of India (2019)
  • THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH v. HAFIZ MOHAMMAD ISMAIL AND HAFIZ JAWED ALI — Supreme Court of India (1960)
  • S.C.R. 358 NIKESH TARACHAND SHAH v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR — Supreme Court of India (2017)
  • SC (2025) Vol.7 p.573 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • BHARATH BOOSHAN AGGARWAL v. STATE OF KERALA — Supreme Court of India (2021)

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