Indian Penal Code Section 248:
Changing the appearance of a coin in order to pass it off as one of a different type —Whoever alters the appearance of a coin with the intent to pass it off as a coin of a different denomination shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term that may not exceed three years, and shall also be fined.
[…] Whoever, having in his possession coin with respect to which an offense defined in section 246 or 248 has been committed, and having known at the time he became possessed of such coin that such an […]