SECTION 254 IPC - Indian Penal Code - Delivery of coin as genuine which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be altered

Whoever delivers to any other person as genuine or as a coin of a different description from what it is, or attempts to induce any person to receive as genuine, or as a different coin from what it is, any coin in respect of which he knows that any such operation as that mentioned in sections 246, 247, 248 or 249 has been performed, but in respect of which he did not, at the time when he took it into his possession, know that such operation had been performed, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years or with fine to an amount which may extend to ten times the value of the coin for which the altered coin is passed, or attempted to be passed.

IPC 254 in Simple Words

According to section 254 of the Indian Penal Code, anyone who knowingly passes or tries to convince others that a coin is genuine or of a different type than it actually is, and the coin has been altered, can be punished with imprisonment up to two years or fined up to ten times the value of the altered coin.

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