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Section 465 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 45 in The Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 [Entire Act]
Section 467 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 468 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Niranjan Lakhumal Hiranandani S/O Late ... vs Central Bureau Of Investigation And Anr on 11 April, 2018
31. The learned counsel has further relied on the decision of the
Bombay High Court in Niranjan Lakhumal Hiranandani v. CBI &
Anr., 2018 SCC OnLine Bom 1116, contending that this Court held
that participation in an act involving submission of questionable
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documents, without active involvement in their fabrication, would
not suffice to attract penal liability under Sections 465 to 471 IPC.
Shri Sukhbir Singh Badal vs Balwant Singh Khera on 28 April, 2023
In furtherance of this line of argument, reliance is also
placed on the decision of the Supreme Court in Sukhbir Singh
Badal v. Balwant Singh Khera & Ors., 2023 SCC OnLine SC 522,
wherein the Court reiterated that criminal provisions relating to
forgery and use of forged documents require a specific mens rea
and cannot be invoked mechanically in absence of foundational
allegations and material. In the present case, the prosecution,
according to the learned counsel, has not identified any single
document which has been forged or executed by the applicant in a
false name, or on behalf of a fictitious entity, nor is there any
evidence to show that the document was altered post-execution.
Section 3 in The Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 [Entire Act]
Shankerlal Vishwakarma vs State Of Madhya Pradesh on 27 November, 1990
Similarly, in Shankarlal Vishwakarma v. State, 1992 MPLJ 791 and
Motisinh Gambhirsinh v. State, 1961 SCC OnLine Guj 2, the High
Courts have consistently held that the offence of forgery cannot be
inferred merely on the basis of passive association or by holding a
position in a firm where documents were allegedly misused, unless
there is specific evidence attributing the act of forgery to the
accused.