Section 171D of IPC : Section 171D: Personation at elections

Explanation using Example

Example 1:

Ravi, a resident of Mumbai, decides to vote in the upcoming municipal elections. However, instead of using his own identity, he applies for a voting paper in the name of his deceased grandfather, Mr. Sharma. Ravi successfully casts a vote using his grandfather's name. Later, he attempts to vote again using his own identity. Ravi's actions constitute personation at an election under Section 171D of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

Example 2:

Priya, a college student in Delhi, is approached by a local political party worker, Rajesh, who offers her money to vote multiple times in the upcoming state elections. Rajesh provides Priya with fake identification documents of different individuals. Priya uses these documents to apply for voting papers and votes multiple times under different names. Rajesh's act of procuring and abetting Priya to vote fraudulently, and Priya's act of voting under fictitious names, both fall under the offence of personation at an election as per Section 171D of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.