In the case of Sushil Suri v. C.B.I.

, the Supreme Court laid down the basic elements of forgery in

Section 463 of IPC as follows,
a. Making a false document or part of it.
b. Such an act is done with the Intention.
c. To cause damage or injury to the parties or any person.
d. To support or claim any title.
e. To cause any person to part with property.
f. To cause any person to enter into an express or implied contract.
g. To commit fraud or that fraud is committed.

n the matter of: Md. Ibrahim & Ors V/s State of Bihar & Anr, (2009) 8 SCC 751,

it was held that, a person is said to have made a ‘false document’, if:

1. He made or executed a document claiming to be someone else or

authorized by someone else; or,

2. He altered or tampered a document; or,

3. He obtained a document by practicing deception, or from a person not

in control of his senses