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Intent To Defraud

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Intent to defraud, contains two elements viz., deceit and injury. A person is said to deceive another when by practising 'suggestion falsi' or 'suppressioveri' or both he intentionally induces another to believe a thing to be true, which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true, S. Harnam Singh v. State (Delhi Admn), AIR 1976 SC 2140 (2145): (1976) 2 SCC 819. (Indian Penal Code, s. 447A)

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