one cannot conclude that the appellant corruptly used the caste certificate. Moreover, corruptly using the certificate is not sufficient. The accused must have knowledge that the certificate is false. The allegation that the certificate is false to the knowledge of the appellant must be proved by the prosecution.5 8. When the competent authority grants a caste certificate, it can be invalidated on various grounds. One reason can be that the person could not substantiate his caste claim. The second can be that fabricated or forged documents were produced to support the caste claim. There is no finding that the caste certificate was invalidated on this ground. It is not in dispute that the caste certificate was issued by the authority which was competent to issue it after following due procedure. Therefore, the caste certificate, per se, cannot be false or fabricated. If a caste certificate is invalidated as the applicant could not prove his caste cannot be termed false only on the