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1. SECTION 420
Submitted by -Vishal Gurjar
Submitted to- Divya Ma’am
22BBAN298
BBA E

2. INDEX
Introduction
Classification
whenapersonheldguilty
latestSupremeCourt
judgements
Procedurefortrial
Punishments

3. Section420
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
capable of being converted into a
valuable security, shall be punished
with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may
extend to seven years, and shall also
be liable to fine.

4. Classification

5. WHENCANAPERSONBEHELD
GUILTYFORCOMMITTINGAN
OFFENCEUNDERIPC?
Generally,foranycriminalliabilityto
ariseunderIPCi.e.,forapersontobe
heldguiltyforhavingcommittedan
offenceunderIPC,itisimportantthat
he/shefulfilstheessentialcriminal
ingredientsorcriteriaprescribed
undertheIPCsectionnumberforthat
particularoffence.

6. WHENCANAPERSONBE
HELDGUILTYUNDER
SECTION420,IPC?
1.NatureofthecriminalactunderSection420,
IPC:
ThecriminalactforthepurposeofSection420,
IPCisthatasaresultofthedeceptionpractised
bytheaccuseduponthevictim,theformer
(accused)musthavedishonestlyinducedthe
latter(deceivedvictim)–
• todeliveranyproperty,or
• tomake/alter/destroyavaluablesecurityor
anythingwhichiscapableofbeing
convertedintoavaluablesecurity.

7. 2.Natureofthecriminalmindunder
Section324,IPC:
Theaccusedmusthavecommittedthe
abovecriminalactwhileentertaining
eitheradishonestintention

8. 3. Performanceofthecriminalact
accompaniedbythecriminalmindi.e.,
executionoftheoffence:
Whileentertainingtheabove-statedcriminal
mind(dishonestintention)theaccusedmust
havecommittedtheabove-statedcriminalact
(deceptionandinducementofdeliveryof
property).Thiswouldconstitutetheoffenceof
‘cheatinganddishonestlyinducingdeliveryof
property’underSection420,IPC.

9. WHATARESOMEOFTHELATESTSUPREMECOURTJUDGEMENTSON
SECTION420,IPC?
SomeofthefamousandmostimportantjudgementsoftheHonourable
SupremeCourtofIndiaonSection420,IPCareasfollows:
1.RamNarainPopliv.CBI–
2. AbhayanandMishrav.
StateofBihar
3.BakshishSinghDhaliwalv.
StateofPunjab
4. MahadeoPrasadv.Stateof
WestBengal
HariPrasadChamariav.
BishunKumarSurekhaand
others

10. WHATISTHEPROCEDUREFORTRIALUNDERSECTION
420,IPC?
InIndia,themechanismforcriminaljusticedelivery
assumesshapeofacriminaltrialwhichisgovernedbythe
CodeofCriminalProcedure,1973(‘CrPC’).

11. WHATISTHEPROCEDUREFORAPPEALUNDERSECTION420,IPC?
ThefundamentalprinciplesofappealunderCrPCareasfollows:
• Anappealisacreationofstatute.
• Thereisnoinherentrighttofileanappeal.
• Thereisnoappealonlyagainstconviction.
• Thereisnoappealinpettycases.
• Generally,thereisnoappeal

12. Section420IPCPunishment?
Ifanyperson,companyororganizationwhohasdonefraud,
cheatinganddishonestyofanyproperty,he/sheshallbe
punishedwithimprisonmentofatermwhichmayextendto
7yearsorfineorboth,iftheoffenceunderthesection420
IPCisproved.
ThepunishmentfortheoffenceunderIPC420is
imprisonmentforatermwhichmayextendto7yearsorfine
orboth.

13. ANYQUERY?

14. Thankyou