Jupally Lakshmikantha Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh 2025 INSC 1096 - IPC - Cheating - Forgery

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 415,420 -The ingredients of the offence of cheating are as follows: 1) Deception of a person by making false representation which the maker knows or has reason to believe is false and thereby 2) (a) Fraudulently or dishonestly inducing such person: (i) to deliver any property to any person, or (ii) to consent that any person shall retain any property, or (b) Intentionally induces that person to do or omit to do anything which he would not do or omit if he were not so deceived, and which act or omission causes or is likely to cause damage or harm to that person in body, mind, reputation or property- In order to attract the offence of cheating, a person must knowingly make a false statement which would induce another to part with property or to do or omit to do a thing which the latter would not do or omit unless deceived and thereby is likely to suffer damage/harm in body, mind, reputation or property- To attract penal consequences, it must be shown that the false representation was of a material fact which had induced the victim to either part with property or act in a manner which they would not otherwise do but for such false representation. (Para 13-16)

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 464 -To attract Section 464 IPC, the prosecution must establish that the accused had made the fake document. (Para 19)