343 bns - Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security

Section 343: Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security - Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

343. Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly, or with intent to cause damage or injury to the public or to any person, cancels, destroys or defaces, or attempts to cancel, destroy or deface, or secretes or attempts to secrete any document which is or purports to be a will, or an authority to adopt a son, or any valuable security, or commits mischief in respect of such document, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Section 341 Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 338

Section 342 Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338, or possessing counterfeit marked material

Section 343 Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security

Section 344 Falsification of accounts

Section 345 Property mark

Section 346 Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury

Section 347 Counterfeiting a property mark

Section 348 Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark

Section 349 Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark

Section 350 Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods