IPC Section 489A — Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes

Summary

This section makes it a crime to make fake currency notes or bank notes, or to knowingly take part in any step of the process of making them. A person who does this can be sent to prison for life, or for up to ten years, and can also be ordered to pay a fine.

Official Text

Whoever counterfeits, or knowingly performs any part of the process of counterfeiting, any currency-note or bank-note, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Related Judgments

• STATE OF KERALA v. MATHAI VERGHESE — Supreme Court of India (1987)
• SARABHAI M. CHEMICALS v. C.C.E., VADODARA — Supreme Court of India (S)
• PUNJAB AND SINDH BANK v. VINKAR SAHAKARI BANK LTD. AND ORS. SEPTEMBER 17, 2001 B — Supreme Court of India (S)
• : Petitioner vs 1.The Principal Secretary to Governanment, — Madras High Court ()
• SC (2024) Vol.7 p.1054 — Supreme Court of India (2024)
• TABREZ AHMED v. STATE NCT OF DELHI — High Court of Delhi (2021)
• CRL A/433/1995 — Madras High Court (1995)
• CRL A/147/2009 — Madras High Court (2009)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §178 — Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes