IPC Section 282
🔹 **IPC Section 282 – “Causing a document to be made, which purports to be a document issued by a public servant, with intent to cause damage or injury”
🔍 Text of Section 282 (Simplified):
Whoever causes any document to be made which purports to be a document issued by a public servant, and which is false, with the intent to cause damage or injury to any person, shall be punished with imprisonment up to two years, or fine, or both.
✅ Breakdown of Key Points:
Causing a document to be made:
The accused causes or causes to be created any document. It can be a written paper, certificate, letter, or any official-looking document.
Which purports to be a document issued by a public servant:
The document must appear as if it is issued by a public servant or government authority.
For example: fake certificates, forged licenses, false government orders, or counterfeit receipts.
With intent to cause damage or injury:
The main intention behind creating or causing the creation of this false document must be to cause harm, damage, loss, or injury to someone.
This means the act is intentional and malicious.
Punishment:
Imprisonment up to 2 years, or
Fine, or
Both imprisonment and fine.
🔎 Meaning in Simple Words:
If someone gets a fake or false document made that looks like it was issued by the government or a public officer, and they do this to harm someone, that person can be punished under Section 282.
🧠 Example:
Suppose a person gets a fake medical certificate made, pretending it was issued by a government hospital, to show that he was sick and avoid work or court attendance.
If this fake certificate is created with the intent to cheat or harm someone’s interests, the person can be charged under this section.
🚨 Important Notes:
The document must look genuine and purport to be from a public servant.
It is not enough that the document is false; the intent to cause harm is necessary.
This section is related to forgery and fraud, but specifically involves documents that pretend to be official public documents.
💡 Relation to Other Sections:
Section 463 IPC: General forgery
Section 465 IPC: Punishment for forgery
Section 468 IPC: Forgery for purpose of cheating
Section 471 IPC: Using a forged document as genuine
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