Section 319 of BNS : Section 319: Cheating by personation.

Explanation using Example

Example 1:

Ravi, a con artist, learns that a wealthy businessman named Rajesh has a twin brother, Ramesh, who lives abroad and is not well-known in their city. Ravi decides to impersonate Ramesh to gain Rajesh's trust and access his financial assets. Ravi meets Rajesh, introduces himself as Ramesh, and convinces Rajesh to transfer a large sum of money to a fake investment scheme. Rajesh, believing Ravi to be his brother, complies. Here, Ravi has committed the offense of cheating by personation under Section 319 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023.

Example 2:

Priya, a job seeker, receives an email from someone claiming to be the HR manager of a reputed company, offering her a lucrative job. The email instructs Priya to deposit a certain amount of money as a processing fee. The email is actually sent by Anil, who has created a fake email account pretending to be the HR manager. Priya, believing the email to be genuine, deposits the money. Anil has committed the offense of cheating by personation under Section 319 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023.