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Learned counsel further submitted that fraud is an essential ingredient of forgery and in this context he relied upon 1996 (6) SCC 550 (Indian Bank vs. satyam Fibres (India) Pvt. Ltd. Since learned counsel read out certain paragraphs, the same are being reproduced here as under:-

"28. From the above, it would be seen that fraud is an essential ingredient of forgery.
29. Forgery under the Indian Penal Code is an offence which has been defined in Section 463, while Section 464 deals with the making of a false document. Section 465 prescribes punishment for forgery. "Forged document" is defined in Section 470 while Section 471 deals with the crime of using as genuine, the forged document.