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

  • STATE OF KERALA vs MATHAI VERGHESE & ORS — Supreme Court of India (1986)
  • K. HASHIM vs STATE OF TAMIL NADU — Supreme Court of India (2004)
  • THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH vs HAFIZ MOHAMMAD ISMAIL AND HAFIZ JAWED ALI — Supreme Court of India (1960)
  • THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA vs VIMAL KUMAR SURANA AND ANOTHER — Supreme Court of India (2010)
  • [Krishna Kumar Patel vs. The State of West Bengal]; WITH; C.R.A. 702 o vs The State of West Bengal], WITH, C.R.A. 215 of 2016, [Abdul Hakim @ Da — Calcutta High Court (Kolkata Principal Seat) (2025)

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