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 comes under the ambit of cheating.
The law made it a
crime to steal someone's name, voice, photo or other information to create a
false identity especially on social media.
Impersonation crimes are not always financial, but they are usually considered immoral and therefore illegal.
The person who puts a wrong name is cheating the devotees who do not like to eat or drink at certain places. Thus he is cheating them to make profit.