Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment
Chapter 14: False evidence and offences against public justice
Whoever gives or fabricates false evidence intending thereby to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby cause, any person to be convicted of an offence which by the law for the time being in force in India is not capital, but punishable with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for a term of seven years or upwards, shall be punished as a person convicted of that offence would be liable to be punished.
Illustration.
A gives false evidence before a Court, intending thereby to cause Z to be convicted of a dacoity. The punishment of dacoity is imprisonment for life, or rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, with or without fine. A, therefore, is liable to imprisonment for life or imprisonment, with or without fine.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 228Fabricating false evidenceIPC 192
- 229Punishment for false evidenceIPC 193
- 230Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offenceIPC 194
- 232Threatening any person to give false evidenceIPC 195A
- 233Using evidence known to be falseIPC 196
- 234Issuing or signing false certificateIPC 197