Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter XVIII: Of Offences Relating to Documents and to Property Marks

Section 467: Forgery of valuable security, will, etc

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to offences and proceedings from before that date.

Corresponding sections were matched by comparing the wording of both official texts, and for the IPC and BNS, also against a published correspondence table. Wording, punishments and structure often changed, so read both sections before relying on the match.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here.

Supreme Court judgments citing the section 467

• Ravi Prakash Srivastava & Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
  2025 INSC 12917 November 2025

  Challenge to the judgment of the High Court whereby it disposed of the writ petition without granting any substantive relief as prayed for by the petitioners-allottees in a Group Housing Project stalled for nearly two…

• State of Rajasthan v. Parmeshwar Ramlal Joshi and Others
  2025 INSC 12058 October 2025Disposed of

  Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in reviewing its earlier orders while exercising jurisdiction u/s.528 BNSS [s.482 CrPC]

• Anukul Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr.
  2025 INSC 115324 September 2025Appeal(s) allowed

  Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in rejecting the application seeking quashing of the charge sheet as well as the consequential proceedings arising out of the FIR registered for offences punishable…

• Devendra Kumar v. The State (Nct of Delhi) & Anr.
  2025 INSC 100920 August 2025Disposed of

  High Court affirmed the order passed by the CMM directing registration of the FIR against the petitioner for offences punishable u/ss.186 and 341, Penal Code, 1860. Whether the CMM erred in involving the police in a…

• Ashok Dhankad v. State of NCT of Delhi and Anr.
  2025 INSC 97413 August 2025Appeal(s) allowed

  Issue arose as regards to the sustainability of the order passed by the High Court enlarging the accused on regular bail u/s.483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

• Urmila Devi & Others v. Balram & Another
  2025 INSC 91531 July 2025Appeal(s) allowed

  Issue arose as regards correctness of the impugned order passed by the High Court dismissing the application filed by the appellants u/s.482 CrPC to quash the complaint u/ss.419, 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC pending before…

• Gajanan Dattatray Gore v. The State of Maharashtra & Anr.
  2025 INSC 91328 July 2025Dismissed

  Whether the bail granted to the appellant-accused on the basis of his undertaking to deposit Rs.25,00,000/- was rightly cancelled by the High Court on his failure to deposit the same.

• Anurag Bhatnagar & Anr. v. State (NCT of Delhi) & Anr.
  2025 INSC 89525 July 2025Dismissed

  (i) Whether the High Court in exercise of its power u/s.482 of CrPC or under Art.226/227 of the Constitution is justified in refusing to quash the FIR No.380/2005, u/ss.420, 120-B and 34 of the IPC and the order dated…

• Vinod Bihari Lal v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
  2025 INSC 76723 May 2025Appeal(s) allowed

  Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in rejecting the applications filed u/s.482 Cr.PC by appellant for quashing the proceedings arising out of FIR u/s.2 and 3 of U.P. Gangsters & Anti-Social Activities…

• Shrichand Rajaram Kukreja and Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra and Anr.
  2025 INSC 79414 May 2025Appeal(s) allowed

  Whether the allegations levelled in the impugned-FIR disclose a dispute of civil in nature; whether the proceedings of the impugned-FIR and the chargesheet filed as a culmination of the investigation is a gross abuse of…

• Punit Beriwala v. The State of NCT of Delhi and Ors.
  2025 INSC 58229 April 2025Disposed of

  Whether the High Court was justified in quashing the subject FIR against Respondent Nos.2 and 3 and whether a cognizable offence against them is prima facie made out from a reading of the subject complaint.

• Ramachandraiah & Anr. v. M. Manjula & Ors.
  2025 INSC 55623 April 2025Dismissed

  Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, the High Court was justified in directing for investigation by the CBI.

• Sivakumar v. The Inspector of Police & Anr.
  2025 INSC 55823 April 2025Appeal(s) allowed

  Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court dismissing appellant’s petition u/s.482 CrPC seeking quashing of chargesheet against him.

• Vinay Aggarwal v. The State of Haryana and Ors.
  2025 INSC 4331 April 2025Appeal(s) allowed

  In the instant case, the Single Judge of the High Court directed that the investigation be handed over to CBI. Whether the order of the Single Judge of the High Court is sustainable.

• Pradeep Nirankarnath Sharma v. Directorate of Enforcement & Anr.
  2025 INSC 34916 March 2025Dismissed

  The High Court dismissed the appellant’s criminal revision application and refused to the quash the order of the Trial Court rejecting the appellant’s discharge application in a case for offences under the Prevention of…

• Kanishk Sinha & Another v. The State of West Bengal & Another
  2025 INSC 27827 February 2025Dismissed

  Whether the High Court was justified in holding that the direction issued in Priyanka Srivastava v. State of Uttar Pradesh [2015] 4 SCR 108 that a complaint will be accompanied by an affidavit is prospective in nature…

• Hiralal Babulal Soni v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
  2025 INSC 26624 February 2025Disposed of

  Issue arose as regards the sustainability of the conviction of the accused u/s.120B and 411 IPC, when the seized gold bars are not the same gold bars linked to the fraudulent transactions.

• The Union of India Through the Assistant Director v. Kanhaiya Prasad
  2025 INSC 21012 February 2025Appeal(s) allowed

  Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court granting bail to the respondent without considering the rigours of s.45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.

• M/s Naresh Potteries v. M/s Aarti Industries and Another
  2025 INSC 11 January 2025Appeal(s) allowed

  Issue arose as regards whether the complaint filed by the appellant u/s. 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 is in accordance with the requirement u/s.142 of the NI Act.

• Gurmeet Kaur v. Devender Gupta & Another
  2024 INSC 96726 November 2024Appeal(s) allowed

  Issue arose whether the appellant while discharging her duty as a public servant on the relevant date, there was any excess in the discharge of the said duty which did not require the first respondent to take a prior…

• Ramakant Ambalal Choksi v. Harish Ambalal Choksi & Others
  2024 INSC 91322 November 2024Appeal(s) allowed

  Whether the High Court was justified in allowing the appeal filed by the defendants-respondents holding that no case for grant of interim injunction was made out and thus, vacating the order granting injunction in…

• K. Bharthi Devi and Anr. v. State of Telangana and Anr.
  2024 INSC 7503 October 2024Appeal(s) allowed

  Despite the dispute involved having predominantly overtures of a civil dispute and the matter having been compromised between the parties, whether the High Court was justified in dismissing the quashing petition filed…

• V. Senthil Balaji v. The Deputy Director, Directorate of Enforcement
  2024 INSC 73926 September 2024Appeal(s) allowed

  Matter pertains to grant of bail to former Tamil Nadu transport minister against whom complaint was filed for offence u/s.3 PMLA, which is punishable u/s.4 PMLA for his alleged involvement in the job racket scam.

• Prem Prakash v. Union of India Through
  2024 INSC 63728 August 2024Appeal(s) allowed

  When a person is in judicial custody/custody in another case investigated by the same Investigating Agency, whether the statements recorded (in the present case, the statements dated 03.08.2023, 04.08.2023, 11.08.2023)…

• Manik Madhukar Sarve & Ors. v. Vitthal Damuji Meher & Ors.
  2024 INSC 63628 August 2024Appeal(s) allowed

  Respondent no.1 was released on bail by the High Court for offences punishable under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Penal Code, 1860 and Section 3 of the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of…

• Girish Gandhi v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
  2024 INSC 61722 August 2024Allowed

  Multiple cases were filed against the petitioner. Though he was granted bail in all of them, he was not able to furnish multiple sureties. Is the petitioner entitled to the relief of treating the personal bond and one…

• Union of India & Ors. Etc. v. Prohlad Guha Etc.
  2024 INSC 5631 August 2024Appeal(s) allowed

  Respondent-employees were appointed on compassionate ground. The authority found that their appointments were based on forged/ fabricated and bogus documents and their services were terminated. The issue which arises…

• Parvinder Singh Khurana v. Directorate of Enforcement
  2024 INSC 54623 July 2024Appeal(s) allowed

  The issue involved in these appeals concerns the power of the High Court or Sessions Court to grant an interim order of stay of operation of an order granting bail till the disposal of the application for cancellation…

• Sharif Ahmed and Another v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Another
  2024 INSC 3631 May 2024Disposed of

  Nature of chargesheets filed in some jurisdictions by the State/ Police, without stating sufficient details of the facts constituting the offense or putting the relevant evidence on record; significance of chargesheets…

• The State of Odisha v. Nirjharini Patnaik @ Mohanty & Anr.
  2024 INSC 34626 April 2024

  Chargesheet was filed against the Respondents in an FIR filed alleging a widespread conspiracy involving forgery of documents to facilitate the illegal transfer of valuable government land to private entities. SDJM,…

• Dr Sonia Verma & Anr. v. The State of Haryana & Anr.
  2024 INSC 2277 March 2024Appeal(s) allowed

  The issue for consideration was a challenge to a decision of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana, refusing to quash the F.I.R. registered u/s. 506, 420, 34, 120-B and 467 of the Penal Code, 1860, against the…

• In Re: T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India & Ors.
  2024 INSC 1786 March 2024Directions issued

  The issues were : (i) Whether Tiger Safaris and Zoos are on the same footing; (ii) Whether establishment of a ‘Tiger Safari’ at Pakhrau in Corbett Tiger reserve was legal; (iii) Illegal construction in Corbett Tiger…

• Directorate of Enforcement v. Niraj Tyagi & Ors.
  2024 INSC 10613 February 2024

  Interim orders passed by the High Court staying the investigations of the FIRs and the Enforcement Directorate, if justified.

• Bharat Sher Singh Kalsia v. State of Bihar & Anr.
  2024 INSC 7731 January 2024Appeal(s) allowed

  Whether the High Court was justified in rejecting the prayer for quashing of the FIR registered u/ss. 409, 467, 468, 471 and 420 IPC against the vendee for the criminal acts, misuse of power of attorney-PoA,…

• Shadakshari v. State of Karnataka & Anr.
  2024 INSC 4217 January 2024Appeal(s) allowed

  Whether sanction u/s. 197 Cr.P.C. is required to prosecute respondent No. 2 who faces accusation amongst others of creating fake documents by misusing his official position as a Village Accountant, thus a public…

• Dinesh Gupta v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
  2024 INSC 3211 January 2024Appeal(s) allowed

  Despite the commercial nature of the dispute involved, criminal complaint was filed and an FIR was registered against the appellants. Whether, the High Court was justified in refusing to quash the FIR and the summoning…

• Ram Lal v. State of Rajasthan & Ors.
  2023 INSC 10474 December 2023Appeal(s) allowed

  Whether the dismissal of the appellant-constable from service pursuant to the departmental enquiry was justified; and what is the effect of the acquittal, ordered by the appellate judge in the criminal trial, on the…

• Tarun Kumar v. Assistant Director Directorate
  2023 INSC 100620 November 2023Dismissed

  Appellant was arrested on the fourth supplementary complaint filed u/ss.44, 45, Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, in continuation of three complaints in the Complaint Case, for the commission of the offence of…

• Bhisham Lal Verma v. State of Uttar Pradesh
  2023 INSC 95530 October 2023Dismissed
• Central Bureau of Investigation v. Narottam
  2023 INSC 77025 August 2023Appeal(s) allowed

  In cases relating to offences arising out of the Vyapam Scam, respondents-accused filed applications seeking direction to supply a Hindi translation of the charge sheet filed by the appel lant in English language.…

• Pratibha Manchanda & Anr. v. State of Haryana &
  2023 INSC 6127 July 2023Appeal(s) allowed
• Ramesh Kumar v. The State of NCT of Delhi
  2023 INSC 5964 July 2023Disposed of
• Y. Balaji v. Karthik Desari & Anr. Etc.
  2023 INSC 54216 May 2023Disposed of
• Shri Sukhbir Singh Badal v. Balwant Singh Khera
  2023 INSC 46628 April 2023Appeal(s) allowed
• State Through Central Bureau of Investigation v. Hemendhra Reddy & Another. Etc.
  2023 INSC 46028 April 2023Appeal(s) allowed
• Anoop Bartaria & Etc. v. Dy. Director
  2023 INSC 41321 April 2023Dismissed
• Cardinal Mar George Alencherry v. State of
  2023 INSC 25017 March 2023Disposed of
• Devendra Nath Singh v. State of Bihar & Ors.
  2022 INSC 107112 October 2022Dismissed
• P. Dharamaraj v. Shanmugam & Ors.
  2022 INSC 9408 September 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• Pushpendra Kumar Sinha v. State of Jharkhand
  2022 INSC 86024 August 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• Kanchan Kumari v. The State of Bihar & Anr.
  2022 INSC 74625 July 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• Jarnail Singh & Anr v. State of Punjab
  2022 INSC 70812 July 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. v. Akhil Sharda & Ors.
  2022 INSC 70511 July 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr.
  2022 INSC 69011 July 2022Disposed of
• Veena Singh (Dead) Through Lr v. The District Registrar/Additional Collector (F/R) and Another
  2022 INSC 54410 May 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• The State of Maharashtra v. 63 Moons Technologies Ltd.
  2022 INSC 46522 April 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• Serious Fraud Investigation Office v. Rahul Modi & Ors.
  2022 INSC 1587 February 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• State of Andhra Pradesh (Now State of Telangana) v. A. P. State Wakf Board & Ors.
  2022 INSC 1557 February 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• Smt. Rekha Jain and Anr. v. The State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors.
  2022 INSC 1413 February 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• Centrum Financial Services Limited v. State of NCT of Delhi and Anr.
  2022 INSC 11528 January 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• Pradeep S. Wodeyar v. The State of Karnataka
  2021 INSC 79829 November 2021Dismissed
• Jitul Jentilal Kotecha v. State of Gujarat and Ors. Etc
  2021 INSC 71812 November 2021Disposed of
• Salimbhai Hamidbhai Memon v. Niteshkumar Maganbhai Patel & Anr.
  2021 INSC 43031 August 2021Disposed of
• Kaptan Singh v. The State of Uttar Pradesh and Others
  2021 INSC 40213 August 2021Appeal(s) allowed
• Indra Devi v. State of Rajasthan & Anr.
  2021 INSC 35623 July 2021Dismissed
• P Mahesh Cooperative Urban Bank Shareholders Welfare Association v. Ramesh Kumar Bung and Ors.
  2021 INSC 34620 July 2021Dismissed
• Mla From Mau District, UP v. Jail Superintendent (Ropar) & Ors.
  2021 INSC 22326 March 2021Petitions dismissed.
• Neena Aneja & Anr. v. Jai Prakash Associates Ltd.
  2021 INSC 18916 March 2021Appeal(s) allowed
• Fakhrey Alam v. The State of Uttar Pradesh
  2021 INSC 18315 March 2021Appeal(s) allowed
• Naveen Singh v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
  2021 INSC 18215 March 2021Appeal(s) allowed
• Bhima Razu Prasad v. State, Rep. by Deputy Superintendent of Police, Cbi/Spe/Acu-Ii
  2021 INSC 18012 March 2021Dismissed
• Kapil Agarwal and Others v. Sanjay Sharma and Others
  2021 INSC 1321 March 2021Appeal(s) allowed
• Deputy General Manager (Appellate Authority) and Others v. Ajai Kumar Srivastava
  2021 INSC 75 January 2021Appeal(s) allowed
• Sanjai Tiwari v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
  2020 INSC 70416 December 2020Appeal(s) allowed
• Skoda Auto Volkswagen India Private Limited v. The State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors.
  2020 INSC 66126 November 2020Dismissed
• M/S. Fertico Marketing and Investment Pvt. Ltd and Ors. Etc. v. Central Bureau of Investigation and Another Etc.
  2020 INSC 64517 November 2020Disposed of
• Parvez Noordin Lokhandwalla v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.
  2020 INSC 5731 October 2020Disposed of
• M/S Bandekar Brothers Pvt. Ltd. & Anr v. Prasad Vassudev Keni, Etc. Etc
  2020 INSC 5312 September 2020Disposed of
• Sarika v. Administrator, Mahakaleshwar Mandir Committee, Ujjain (M.P.) & Ors.
  2020 INSC 5281 September 2020Dismissed
• Samta Naidu & Anr. v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr.
  2020 INSC 2482 March 2020Appeal(s) allowed
• Canara Bank v. P. Selathal and Ors. Etc.Etc.
  2020 INSC 23428 February 2020Appeal(s) allowed
• Life Insurance Corporation of India v. Mukesh Poonamchand Shah
  2020 INSC 22425 February 2020Appeal(s) allowed
• Motamarri Appanna Veerraju @ Mav Raju v. The State of West Bengal
  2020 INSC 21620 February 2020Disposed of
• Rajeshbhai Muljibhai Patel and Others Etc. v. State of Gujarat and Another Etc.
  2020 INSC 16010 February 2020Appeal(s) allowed
• Sardar Ali Khan v. The State of Uttar Pradesh Through Principal Secretary Home Department & Anr.
  2020 INSC 9024 January 2020Disposed of
• Padum Kumar v. State of Uttar Pradesh
  2020 INSC 3714 January 2020Appeal(s) allowed
• Ram Murti Yadav v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Another
  2019 INSC 135410 December 2019Dismissed
• Haribhai Malaviya and Ors. v. The State of Gujarat and Anr.
  2019 INSC 114616 October 2019Disposed of
• Satish Ukey v. Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis and Anr.
  2019 INSC 11031 October 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Nevada Properties Private Limited Through Its Director v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
  2019 INSC 107724 September 2019Reference answered
• The State of Uttar Pradesh v. Aman Mittal & Anr.
  2019 INSC 10014 September 2019Partly allowed
• Mustafa v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
  2019 INSC 92420 August 2019Disposed of
• Chilakamarthi Venkateswarlu & Anr.V. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr. v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr.
  2019 INSC 84731 July 2019Dismissed
• Sasikala Pushpa and Others v. State of Tamil Nadu
  2019 INSC 6367 May 2019Disposed of
• S. K. Miglani v. State NCT of Delhi
  2019 INSC 60230 April 2019Partly allowed
• State of Gujarat v. Afroz Mohammed Hasanfatta
  2019 INSC 1465 February 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Brig. Sukhjeet Singh (Retd.) Mvc v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
  2019 INSC 9125 January 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Sri Suresh Kumar Goyal and Others v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Another
  2019 INSC 4611 January 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Dilbag Rai v. The State of Haryana & Ors.
  2018 INSC 11393 December 2018Disposed of
• The State of Maharashtra & Ors. v. Tasneem Rizwan Siddiquee
  2018 INSC 7835 September 2018Leave Granted & Allowed