IPC Section 489A is now BNS Section 178

IPC 489A (Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes) → BNS 178 Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes

Verbatim · BNS 178178. Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes.— Whoever counterfeits, or knowingly performs any part of the process of counterfeiting, any coin, stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue, currency-note or bank-note, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Read the full BNS Section 178 →

Offences committed before 1 July 2024 are still charged and tried under the IPC; the BNS applies to offences on or after that date.

Old-to-new correspondence is indicative and not always one-to-one; read the new text itself.