Whoever commits forgery, intending that the document or electronic record 2008forged shall harm the reputation of any party, or knowing that it is likely to be used for that purpose, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3200852008 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section history
Section 469 — Forgery for the purpose of harming the reputation of any person
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 469 — Original text to 30 November 2008superseded
Section 469 — From 30 November 2008 (current)rewritten by the Revised Edition
Whoever commits forgery, intending that the document or electronic record forged shall harm the reputation of any person, or knowing that it is likely to be used for that purpose, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 469]