BBanaka

BNS Section 185: Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 10: Of Offences Relating to Coin, Currency-notes, Bank-notes, and - Government Stamps

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185. Whoever, fraudulently or with intent to cause loss to Government, erases or removes from a stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue, any mark, put or impressed upon such stamp for the purpose of denoting that the same has been used, or knowingly has in his possession or sells or disposes of any such stamp from which such mark has been erased or removed, or sells or disposes of any such stamp which he knows to have been used, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.

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Replaces IPC 263. IPC → BNS converterSource: BPR&D BNS–IPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-06-28)

Punishment, bail and trial

185Erasure of mark denoting that stamps have been used.

Punishment
Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.
Cognizable or not
Cognizable
Bailable or not
Bailable
Triable by
Magistrate of the first class

Source: BNSS First Schedule, Gazette of India, 25 December 2023, p. 170. The Schedule gives the substance of the section, not its full definition, and a State may have amended the classification for its territory. See it in the full First Schedule

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