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<h1>Section 248: Penalties for Instituting False Charges with Intent to Harm, Including Up to Ten Years Imprisonment.</h1> Section 248 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, addresses the offense of instituting false charges with the intent to injure an individual. It stipulates that anyone who initiates or causes the initiation of criminal proceedings against someone, knowing there is no lawful basis, faces imprisonment of up to five years, a fine up to two lakh rupees, or both. If the false charge involves an offense punishable by death, life imprisonment, or a term of ten years or more, the penalty increases to imprisonment up to ten years and a fine.