Section 420 of Indian Penal Code and case laws

420. Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property

Whoever cheats and thereby dishonestly induces the person deceived to deliver any property to any person, or to make, alter or destroy the whole or any part of a valuable security, or anything which is signed or sealed, and which is capable of being converted into a valuable security, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

420 IPC Case Laws (Supreme Court and High Courts)

Permeshar Dat (1886) 8 All. 201

Ashutosh Mallick (1905) 33 Cal. 50

Hiralal Harilal Bhagwati v. CBI, New Delhi 2003 Cri. LJ 3041 (SC)

Abdullah (1914) PR No. 14

Manoranjan Haldar v. M/s. Mechfab Engineering Industries 1894 Cri. LJ 1265 (Gau.)

Kewal Krishan and Others v. State of Punjab 1986 Cri. LJ 1795 (HP)

Nageshwar Prasad Singh v. Narayan Singh 1999 Cri. LJ 598 (SC)

Poovalappil David v. State of Kerala 1989 Cri. LJ 2452 (Kerala)

Shankarlal Vishwakarma v. State of MP 1991 Cri. LJ 2808 (MP)

Ram Prakash Singh v. State of Bihar AIR 1998 SC 296

Sri Bhagwan Samardha Sreepada Vellabha Venkata Vishwanandha Maharaj v. State of AP 1999 Cri. LJ 3681 (SC)

Manoranjan Das v. State of Jharkhand 2004 Cri. L.J. 3042 (SC)

Devendra Kumar Singla v. Baldev Krishan Singla 2004 Cri. LJ 1774 (SC)