• Dr. Swapnil Gupta

Counterfeit currencies (Fake Indian Currency Notes) are those currencies which are produced and used without a permission of concerned legal authorities. To ensure that counterfeiting may not happen in a routine manner, Reserve Bank of India has incorporated many security features to differentiate a genuine bank note from the counterfeit one. Both sides, front side known as the ‘Obverse Side’ and back side known as the ‘Reverse Side’ of genuine bank note are printed simultaneously and having numerous i.e. ‘Overt’, level 1 security features and ‘Covert’, level 2 security features to check the genuineness of bank notes. The ‘Overt’ security features can be seen through naked eyes (visible rays) and ‘Covert’ security features can be seen through other light sources (UV or IR rays). After the implementation of ‘Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita’ in year 2024, the legal provisions pertaining to the counterfeiting have incorporated under the BNS, section 178 to 182.

BNS, Overt, Covert, Obverse, Reverse, VSC.

"Covert & Overt Security Features in Genuine Indian Bank Notes - It's Legal & Forensic Perspective", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 2, page no.g532-g542, February-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2502661.pdf

"Covert & Overt Security Features in Genuine Indian Bank Notes - It's Legal & Forensic Perspective", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 2, page no. ppg532-g542, February-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2502661.pdf