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    420 IPC is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed and written by Manish Gupta. [1] Produced by Zee Studios and Rajesh Kejriwal and Gurpal Sachar with the production house Kyoorius Digital P.L. [ citation needed ] It stars Vinay Pathak , Ranvir Shorey , Gul Panag and Rohan Vinod Mehra in pivotal roles. [ 2 ]

  3. Dec 17, 2021 · 420 IPC is written and directed by Manish Gupta, who also wrote the 2019 film Section 375, about the legal proceedings surrounding a rape allegation.

  4. Jan 23, 2024 · The Supreme Court on Monday (January 22) held that while prosecuting a person for the offence of cheating punishable under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, it is to be seen whether the...

    • Yash Mittal
    • Introduction
    • Cheating
    • Section 420 IPC
    • Ingredients of Cheating
    • Punishment For Section 420 IPC
    • Evidence
    • Nature of The Offence
    • Comparison to Other Offences
    • Miscellaneous
    • Conclusion

    From classroom quips to Bollywood movies, ‘chaur sau bees’ or ‘420’ is used to refer to someone who is deceitful or a backstabber. This practice of calling people ‘420’ owes its origin to India’s colonial-era law on cheating. The offence of cheating and its constituents have been defined under Section 415 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC). The pu...

    Cheating is defined under Section 415 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. It explains a case where an offender deceives someone to deliver any proper­ty or intentionally induces the person deceived to do or omit to do something that causes or is likely to cause damage or harm to that person in body, mind, reputation or property. It is essential to esta...

    Cheating is defined in section 415 of the IPC. Section 420 lays down the punishment for aggravated forms of cheating where the offender dishonestly induces a person so deceived to deliver any property or interfere with any valuable security. In other words, Section 420 specifically punishes aggravated cases of cheating. Any act of cheating, whether...

    Deception

    Proving deception is integral to a successful prosecution under Section 420. In common parlance, deception is understood to mean intentionally leading someone to believe something that is not true or false. This deliberate leading may be direct or indirect and by words or conduct. It may be expressed or implied in the nature of a transaction. However, what actually constitutes deception is dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. For an offence under Section 420, the fraudulent...

    Dishonestly

    The word ‘dishonestly’ has been defined under Section 24of the IPC. It covers any act that is done with an intent to cause wrongful gain or wrongful loss of property. Harm to reputation is not covered under Section 24. To be within the ambit of this section, the act must cause gain or loss by unlawful means. The consequence of such an act should be the gain in property that one is not legally entitled to or loss of property from another who is legally entitled to it.

    Fraudulently

    ‘Fraudulently’ is defined under Section 25of the IPC. The only element needed to make an act fraudulent under the IPC is for it to be done with an intent to defraud and actual or possible injury. In the case of Dr Vimla v. Delhi Administration(1962), the test of deceit was laid down. The offender intentionally represents something false or untrue as the truth. Moreover, they must derive some benefit from the act that would not have been possible had the truth been known.

    Punishment for an offence under Section 420 is for up to seven years along with a mandatory fine. This imprisonment may be simple or rigorous, depending on the discretion of the court.

    For a case under Section 420, it is advisable to retain anything that can be used to prove that there was an intent to cheat right from when the accused made a representation. All acts and omissions of the accused after this would help prove the deception if there was no effort by the offender to perform their promise. Any document, records of conv...

    Under Schedule 1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘CrPC’), an offence under Section 420 is cognizable and non-bailable. It is not triable by any court lower than a magistrate of the first class. Section 320of the CrPC allows cheating to be compounded or settled by the person cheated with the permission of the court.

    Section 417 IPC

    Section 417of the IPC punishes a simple case of cheating. The person cheated is injured because of reasons other than being induced to part with property or interference with valuable security. This section deals with the second part of Section 415 which is punished leniently as compared to the first part. It provides for a maximum of one-year imprisonment, a fine, or both. A fine is not mandatory in 417 as opposed to being mandatory in section 420. According to Hari Singh Gaur, there is anot...

    Section 416 and 419 IPC

    Section 416 and 419of the IPC deal with cheating by personation. Section 416 explains cheating by personation as circumstances where one pretends to be another real or imaginary person; knowingly substitutes one for another, or represents that they or another person is someone else. Section 419 allows a case described under 416 to be punished by up to three years, a fine, or both.

    Section 418 IPC

    Section 418defines and punishes the offence of cheating with the knowledge that the offender is likely to cause wrongful loss to someone whose interest they must protect. The cheating must be related to a transaction in which the offender is legally bound to protect the one they deceive. It covers fiduciary and financial relationships like that of a principal and agent, banker and customer and advocate and their client. Imprisonment under this is defined as three years, with a fine or both.

    Promise to marry

    In the case of Venkatesh And the State of Karnataka (2022), the petitioner claimed that the respondent promised to marry her. He subsequently failed to make good on his promise and married someone else. The court held that breach of a promise to marry per sewould not amount to cheating under 420. It needs to be proven that there was no intent to marry at the time of making the promise and there was a loss of property or interference with valuable security in consequence. In case of a failure...

    Twin charges under 138 and 420

    In Sangeetaben Mahendrabhai Patel v. State Of Gujarat & Anr (2012), the respondent complained that the appellant had taken a hypothecation loan of Rs. 20 lakhs and had not repaid the same. In order to meet the said liability, the appellant issued a cheque which on presentation, was dishonoured. The dishonour of Cheques is covered under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The appellant contended that they can not be prosecuted under Section 138 as well as Section 420 for the same of...

    Different reforms have been proposed to Section 420. Among the most significant is the Fifth Law Commission’s recommendation of the insertion of Sections 420A and 420B to the IPC. This was endorsed by the Fourteenth Law Commission. The Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Bill, 1978, accepted both these reforms. However, the Bill never gained parliamentar...

  5. 406, 420 and 34 of IPC on 01.10.2016, and after investigation, challan was filed before the competent Magistrate on which cognizance was taken by him.

  6. Section 420 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860. 420. Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property.—. Whoever cheats and thereby dishonestly induces the person deceived to deliver any property to any person, or to make, alter or destroy the whole or any part of a valuable security, or anything which is signed or sealed, and which is ...