\u2014(1) Whoever counterfeits upon, or in the substance of,
any material, any device or mark used for the purpose of authenticating any document described in
section 338, intending that such device or mark shall be used for the purpose of giving the appearance of
authenticity to any document then forged or thereafter to be forged on such material, or who, with such
intent, has in his possession any material upon or in the substance of which any such device or mark has
been counterfeited, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
(2) Whoever counterfeits upon, or in the substance of, any material, any device or mark used for the
purpose of authenticating any document or electronic record other than the documents described in
section 338, intending that such device or mark shall be used for the purpose of giving the appearance of
authenticity to any document then forged or thereafter to be forged on such material, or who with such
intent, has in his possession any material upon or in the substance of which any such device or mark has
been counterfeited, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BNS Section 342.\u00a0\u00a0 Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338, or possessing counterfeit marked material. \u2014(1) Whoever counterfeits upon, or in the substance of,any material, any device or mark used for the purpose of authenticating any document described insection 338, intending that such device or mark shall be used for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/expertvakil.com\/indiankanoon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-bns-section-342.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"BNS Section 342","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[110,119,104,109,120,105,118,108,111,112,117,121,122,113,114,115],"class_list":["post-2964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-bns","tag-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita","tag-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-in-english","tag-bns","tag-bns-2023","tag-bns-english","tag-bns-section","tag-bns-section-in-english","tag-bns-sections-list","tag-expert-vakil","tag-expertvakil","tag-expertvakil-bns","tag-indian-kanoon","tag-indiankanoon","tag-ishan-tathagat","tag-ishantathagat","tag-new-ipc"],"yoast_head":"\n