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 ground that it was invalidated. There is no evidence to show that the caste certificate was false. Therefore, the ingredients of Section 198 of the IPC were not made out. 9. The same is the case with cheating, defined by Section 415 of the IPC and punishable under Section 420 of the IPC. Fraudulent or dishonest acts are essential ingredients of cheating. The Sessions Court has recorded no such finding regarding any fraudulent or dishonest acts on the part of the appellant. 10. This is not a case where the Committee had recorded a categorical finding on facts that the claim made by the appellant was false. 11. Considering the above discussion, it is evident that the6 Sessions Court could not have overturned the order of acquittal. The High Court while confirming the order of the Sessions