Section 340: Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine.

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023Central Act · Act 45 of 2023

(1) A false document or electronic record made wholly or in part by forgery is designated a forged document or electronic record.

(2) Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly uses as genuine any document or electronic record which he knows or has reason to believe to be a forged document or electronic record, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had forged such document or electronic record.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section	340
Marginal note	Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	1

Judgments that turned on this provision

COCP/5610/2025 of GURBINDER KAUR Vs PRAYA JAINHigh Court of Punjab and Haryana · 2025-12-22

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