Distinction between Cheating and Forgery are as follows:
1) Whoever, by deceiving any person, fraudulently or dishonestly induces the person so deceived to deliver any property, to any person, or to consent that any person shall retain any property, or intentionally induces the person so deceived to do or omit to do anything which he would not do or omit if he were not so deceived, and which act or omission causes or is likely to cause damage or harm to that person in body, mind, reputation or property, is said to cheat (Sec. 415).
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But, whoever makes any false documents or false electronic record or part of a document or electronic record, with intent to cause damage or injury, to the public or to any person, or to support any claim or title or to cause any person to part with property, or to enter into any express or implied contract, or with intent to commit fraud or that fraud may be committed, commits forgery (Sec. 463).
2) Cheating may be caused by oral statement or through documents while forgery is always caused on a document.
3) In Cheating, the wrong-doer deceives a person and obtains property or any other profit whereas forgery may be committed to draw a sum of money from a bank account and other properties, and to claim property as of right basing upon the cooked, concocted and forged documents.
4) Cheating relates to entire property while forgery relates to the title of the property and the offence relates to the property indirectly.
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5) By the offence of cheating, the accused may cause damage or harm to the person in body, mind, reputation or property whereas by forgery, the accused can cause damage or harm to the title deeds and property only.
6) Cheating is committed with or without the knowledge of the owner of the property. Sometimes, tricks are played to induce the owner of the property, who delivers the property to accused. But, forgery is committed without the knowledge of the owner of the property.
7) The Cheating is an offence relating to ‘the offences against property’ while forgery is an ‘offence relating to documents and to property marks’.
8) Punishment for cheating is imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine or with both (Sec. 417) whereas punishment for forgery is imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both (Sec. 465).