Section 36. Penalty for impersonation
Whoever, not being authorised to collect identity information under the provisions of this Act, by words, conduct or demeanour pretends that he is authorised to do so, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with a fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or, in the case of a company, with a fine which may extend to one lakh rupees or with both.
Judgements applying section 36
Regular bail refused under Section 483 BNSS 2023 to Bangladeshi national accused of channelling illegal immigrants for fake PAN and Aadhaar cards through cyber centre 'Wow Technology, U.K.';
DismissedOpenCOURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.39592 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-13 Year-2026 Thana- Cyber P.S. District- Araria ====================================================== Md. Mohsin Alam @ Md. Mohsin @ Sonu S/O
DismissedOpenBail - Regular bail - Petitioner sought enlargement in Gopalganj Cyber P.S. Case No. 85 of 2026 registered for offences under sections 318(4), 319(2), 336, 337, 338, 339, 340 of BNS, Sections 66, 66-C, 66D, 73 and 74 of the I.T.
AllowedOpenof 2025 and 13240 of 2025 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 29.08.2025 CORAM : THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI CrlOP(MD)Nos.13221 and 13240 of 2025 and CrlMP(MD)No.10447 of 2025 in CrlOP(MD)No.13221 of 2025 Balamurug
AllowedOpenKarnataka High Court, Bengaluru; CRL.P No. 5554 of 2025; Justice S Vishwajith Shetty; decided 20-06-2025. Regular bail under Section 483 BNSS 2023 sought by Arnab Mandal, accused no.1 in Crime No.500/2024, Suryanagar Police Station (committed and pending as CC No.885/2025); earlier bail rejection in Crl. Misc.
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Accused in an impersonation and fraudulent property sale case sought anticipatory bail under Section 482 BNSS after the Sessions Court rejected her application. Considering allegations that she impersonated the property owner and forged identity documents yet to be recovered, the High Court dismissed the petition.
DismissedOpenNo. - 2023:AHC:209807 Court No. - 74 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 46219 of 2023 Applicant :- Anurag Kumar Bharti Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Amarnath Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
AllowedOpenCase :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4498 of 2023 Applicant :- Anil Kumar Gautam Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Rajeev Kumar Singh Parmar,Anupam Laloriya Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Vivek Ku
AllowedOpenCase :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 44621 of 2021 Applicant :- Shahrukh Khan Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Syed Shahnawaz Shah Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Anil Kumar Ojha,J. Heard learned
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