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BNS · 318

Cheating

BailableNon-cognizable

Understanding the issue

Deceiving someone to get their money or property through lies or false promises is cheating.

Punishment

Imprisonment up to 3 years, or fine, or both

Examples

  • A sells a fake gold ring to B claiming it is real gold. A commits cheating.

The section as enacted

Whoever, by deceiving any person, induces the person so deceived to deliver any property or to consent that any person shall retain any property, is said to cheat.