Section 466 of Indian Penal Code and Case laws

466. Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc

Whoever forges a document or an electronic record, purporting to be a record or proceeding of or in a Court of Justice, or a register of birth, baptism, marriage or burial, or a register kept by a public servant as such, or a certificate or document purporting to be made by a public servant in his official capacity, or an authority to institute or defend a suit, or to take any proceedings therein, or to confess judgment, or a power of attorney, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Explanation - For the purposes of this section, "register" includes any list, data or record of any entries maintained in the electronic form as defined in clause (r) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

466 IPC Case Laws (Supreme Court and High Courts)

Haradhan Maiti (1887) 14 Cal. 513 (FB)

Vallabhram (1925( 27 Bom. LR 1391