Section 420 of IPC : Section 420: Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property

Explanation using Example

Example 1:

Ravi, a con artist, convinces Suresh that he owns a piece of land in Mumbai and offers to sell it to him for ₹50 lakhs. Ravi shows Suresh fake documents to support his claim. Believing Ravi, Suresh pays him the ₹50 lakhs. Later, Suresh finds out that the land does not belong to Ravi and that the documents were forged. In this scenario, Ravi has committed an offense under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code by cheating Suresh and dishonestly inducing him to deliver ₹50 lakhs.

Example 2:

Priya, a software engineer, receives an email from someone pretending to be from her bank, asking her to update her account details to avoid suspension. The email contains a link to a fake website that looks identical to her bank's official site. Priya, believing the email to be genuine, enters her account details, including her password, on the fake website. The fraudster then uses this information to transfer ₹2 lakhs from Priya's account to his own. Here, the fraudster has committed an offense under Section 420 by cheating Priya and dishonestly inducing her to deliver her bank account details, which led to the trans...

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