Legal Provisions of Section 265 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Fraudulent use of false weight or measure:
While the preceding section punishes fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing, this section penalises fraudulent use of false weight or measure. It says that whoever uses any false weight or false measure either of length or of capacity with intention to defraud, or uses any weight or any measure either of length or of capacity with intention to defraud as a different weight or measure from what it actually is, shall be punished with simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending up to two years, or with fine, or with both.
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The section requires either use of false weight or false measure, or use of any weight or any measure as a different weight or different measure, as the case may be, of length or capacity from what it is in actuality. In either case intention to defraud has to be established, and in both cases the measure may be of length or of capacity. The meaning of ‘false’ is the same as described in the comment of section 264 of the Code.
The offence under the section is non-cognizable, bailable and non-compoundable, and is triable by any magistrate.