An artificial intelligence-generated image showing Rahul Gandhi next to journalist Jyoti Malhotra has sparked fresh worries about deepfake-driven false information in India. This paper looks at how such fabrications could compromise public opinion in media, damage reputations, and skew public debate. Focusing on clauses against false evidence, forgery, and defamation, it investigates the legal remedies accessible under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and takes complementing protections in the Information Technology Act, 2000 into consideration. The study offers a whole picture of India’s developing framework against AI-enabled lies by stressing procedures for punishing makers and distributors of misleading information as well as the responsibilities of intermediaries to remove damaging deepfakes.