The IPC 1860 was replaced by the BNS 2023 (in force 2024-07-01); no verified section mapping on file for Section 484 — confirm the corresponding provision (savings: Section 358, BNS 2023).
Whoever counterfeits any property mark used by a public servant, or any mark used by a public servant to denote that any property has been manufactured by a particular person or at a particular time or place, or that the property is of a particular quality of has passed though a particular office, or that it is entitled to any exemption, or uses as genuine any such mark knowing the same to be counterfeit, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine. CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCE Punishment--Imprisonment for 3 years and fine--Non-cognizable--Bailable--Triable by Magistrate of the first class--Non-compoundable.