Use of 420 for cheating: Many times you must have heard such things happening around you, like- ‘Tum to bade 420 ho yaar’ or ‘Woh to ek number ka 420 nikla’. This number is associated with a person who is a fraud or a cheater, but very few people know the reason behind it, why only use the number 420 for a fraudster or a cheater? Why not say 419 or 520 instead? If you also do not know about this, then this news is going to be very interesting and informative for you. Because today we are going to explain you the connection between 420 number and the fraudster…
This is the logic behind calling someone 420
Looking at the facts, it is not just a number but it has a complete legal existence. Actually, number 420 is a section of the Indian Penal Code. Which is pasted on a person who cheats others, does dishonesty or grabs someone’s property by pretending. The number 420 is associated with the English word Cheating. It is clear from this that the number 420 is associated with deception, dishonesty and deceit. That’s why when someone cheats or cheats, people call him 420. If dishonesty or cheating is small, people settle it at their own level, but when the matter is big, it comes under the grip of the Indian Penal Code.
What is the crime of 420
From the legal point of view, section 420 has been told that if a person cheats, cheats, dishonestly takes someone’s valuable thing or Changes the property, destroys it or even helps someone in doing so, then section 420 can be imposed against him. Section 420: When a person for his own benefit tries to usurp the property or valuable thing of another person by forgery, fake signature, by making economic or mental pressure to get the other’s property in his name, then Section 420 against him is imposed.
There is a provision of punishment of 7 years
Under the crime of section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, there is a provision of maximum punishment of 7 years as well as financial penalty. If found guilty under section 420, it comes under the category of non-bailable and cognizable offence. That is, in such cases, bail is not available from the police station, its hearing is done by the judge himself. However, in this crime, with the permission of the court, the victim can also compromise. This type of case is heard in the court of first class magistrate.
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