Section 489B IPC : Recovery of Large Number of Counterfeit Currency Notes from Accused in Public Place are Sufficient to Establish Mens Rea [Case Law]
Penal Code, 1860 - S. 489B - Recovery of large number of counterfeit currency notes from an accused in public place are sufficient to establish the mens rea and knowledge or reasons to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit and intending to use the same as genuine. Thus, the case is not of mere dormant possession, but it is a case of active transportation of currency notes which would fall with the expression traffics in currency notes under Section 489-B of IPC.