IMPERSONATION IS A CRIME
IMPERSONATION IS A CRIME What Does Impersonate Mean? IMPERSONATION is an act of pretending to be another person for the purpose of entertainment or fraud. To impersonate, play, and act mean to pretend to be somebody else. Impersonate is used when someone tries to look and sound like another person as much as possible. Is impersonation a crime? Impersonation is a crime in India, and is punishable under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC): Section 416: "Cheating by personation" is defined as pretending to be someone else, or knowingly substituting one person for another. This includes impersonating a real or imaginary person. Section 205: False personation is defined as impersonating someone and then making statements, confessing judgment, or causing a process to be issued while in that character. Where person belonging to different caste falsely represent himself to be of some other caste to gain something from the deceived person co...