Legal Provisions of Section 234 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Indian coin:
Making or selling instruments etc. for counterfeiting Indian coin has been made punishable under this section. This is a section in which preparation to commit a crime has been made an offence. The section states that whoever either makes or mends, or performs any part of the process of making or mending, or buys, sells or disposes of, either die or instrument, for the purpose of the same being used, or knowing or having reason to believe that the same is intended to be used, for the purpose of counterfeiting Indian coin, shall be punished with simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending up to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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this section also, like the preceding section, mere making or mending, or performing any part of the process of making or mending, or buying, selling or disposing of, any die or instrument, for the purpose of being used, or knowing or having reason to believe that it is intended to be used, for the purpose of counterfeiting Indian coin has been made punishable. The use of the expression ‘performs any part of the process’ shows that the entire process need not be completed. Since the offence under this section is with respect to Indian coin it has been punished more severely than in the preceding section where the offence does not relate to Indian coin.
The offence under this section is cognizable, non-bailable and non-compoundable, and is triable by court of session.