expression 'Indian
currency note' in place of the expression 'currency note'.
When the expression 'currency note' is interpreted to mean ... currency notes issued by the Govern-
ment of India."
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applicable to currency notes other than Indian currency
notes. And in holding that counterfeiting
found in possession of counterfeit
notes, he must be presumed to know that the notes
are counterfeit. If the notes were of such a nature ... counterfeit note without the knowledge or reason
to believe that the currency note or bank note
was forged or counterfeit and intending
believe the currency notes or the bank notes to
be forged or counterfeit, the appellant carried or possessed those
counterfeit currency. Without mens rea, selling ... buying or
receiving counterfeit currency from another persons or otherwise
trafficking in or using as genuine forged or counterfeit currency-
notes or bank-notes cannot
prove that the currency notes seized is
counterfeit notes. Further there is delay in producing the
counterfeit notes before the court below, which ... fake currency
note and they have no knowledge that it is fake currency notes
and their bonafide belief that it is genuine note and with
counterfeit currency notes or bank notes, knowing or having
reason to believe the same as forged or counterfeit. Mere
possession of counterfeit currency notes knowingly ... Appellant-Accused had possession of counterfeit
currency notes with a reason to believe that those currency notes
were counterfeit. The second factor which is required
Manager noticed that both the currency notes bore
identical serial numbers. His belief that the
currency notes were counterfeit, was thus confirmed.
He, therefore, telephonically ... 1000/- denomination, 9
counterfeit currency notes of Rs.500/- denomination,
46 currency notes of Rs.100/- denomination and 1
counterfeit currency note
currency notes and
other fake currency notes recovered from other accused to
Government printing press for opinion. On 3 different occasions, the
fake currency notes ... deposed that 31 fake currency notes of Rs.
1000/- denomination, 9 currency notes of Rs.500/- denomination and 2
currency notes of Rs.100/- denomination
Code, using
of forged or counterfeit currency notes as genuine
currency notes or possession of forged or counterfeit
currency notes with an intent ... features between forged and counterfeit currency notes.
The forged currency notes will have glaring features of
forgery. Whereas counterfeit currency notes will have
features which
fake currency notes of Rs.50/- denomination, 80 partly
printed fake currency notes of Rs.50/- denomination, three
genuine currency notes of Rs.50/- denomination ... work of printing fake currency notes was going on.
Fake currency notes as well as incompletely printed fake currency
notes were found at that place
currency note of
Rs.500/- denomination, four currency notes of Rs.100/-
denomination and one currency note of Rs.10/- denomination.
These remaining currency notes ... being tested on
currency note counting machine, those 119 currency notes of
Rs.1,000/- denomination were found to be counterfeit. Ultimately,
in presence
