Offence under section 232 of Indian Penal Code, 1860

Solution

Section 232 explains that whoever counterfeits or knowingly performs any part of the process of counterfeiting coin, shall be liable for punishment. Nature of Section 232 IPC 1)      Offences under this Section may be Cognizable which means the offences for which a police officer can arrest a person without warrant. 2)      Offences under this Section may be Non-Bailable. This means that the grant of bail is not the matter of right. Here the accused will have to apply to the court, and the Court will decide whether to grant bail or not. 3)      These offences are Non-Compoundable that means  there cannot be settlement made by the complainant and the accused to drop the charges laid down. 4)      Section 232 IPC can be tried in the Court of Session. The Ministry concerned with this offence would be the Ministry of Home Affairs and the department in this offence is the Department of Internal Security.