FORGERY AS A WHITE COLLAR CRIME

A rough research proposal submitted in partial fulfilment of the course

Criminal Law I, Semester — III during the Academic Year 2017 — 18.

Submitted by
Harshit Gupta, 1623
BBA.LLB

Submitted to Father Peter Ladis

August 2017

Chanakya National Law

University Nyaya Nagar,

Mithapur

800001, Patna
Introduction:

Forgery is a white collar crime. These are non-violent crimes which are basically done for
pecuniary benefits. Forgery is related to a crime of making fake documents or alteration of
existing documents with intent to cause damage or injury to any person. Forgery is done to make
a false document look genuine in order to deceive people. Not only documents but works of arts
like paintings, books, writings, or statues can also be forged. In Indian laws Forgery is mention
from section 463 to section 474 of Indian Penal code. There are many types of Forgery like
forgery of signature, forgery of cheque, forgery for purpose of cheating, forgery of public register
or record of court etc. There are very serious punishments of forgery in criminal justice systems
of many countries. Forgery of currency is also called counterfeiting.

Objective of the Study:

1. To understand the basic concepts of Forgery.

2. To trace the origin and development of offence of Forgery in Indian penal code, 1860.

Hypothesis:
1. Can a crime of forgery be committed without the commission of crime of fraud?
2. Are there sufficient means present to detect modern day forgeries which are done using
advanced technologies?

Research Methodology:

The researcher has adopted doctrinal method of research. The researcher has made extensive use
of the library at the Chanakya National Law University and the internet sources.

Sources of Data:

1. Primary Sources

(i) Legislative provisions

(ii) Cases

2. Secondary Sources

(i) Books
(ii) Journals
(iii) Websites
(iv) Articles
Tentative chapterisation:

(I) INTRODUCTION

(II) FORGERY IN INDIA

(a) INGREDIENTS OF FORGERY

(b) MAKING OF FALSE DOCUMENT

(c) PUNISHMENT OF FORGERY

(d) TYPES OF FORGERY

(III) FORGERY IN OTHER COUNTRIES

(IV) MODERN CONTEXT OF FORGERY

(V) CONCLUSION

(VI) BIBLIOGRAPHY