Section 233 Earlier IPC 196
Using evidence known to be false
Chapter 14: False evidence and offences against public justice
Whoever corruptly uses or attempts to use as true or genuine evidence any evidence which he knows to be false or fabricated, shall be punished in the same manner as if he gave or fabricated false evidence.
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
- 230Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offenceIPC 194
- 231Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonmentIPC 195
- 232Threatening any person to give false evidenceIPC 195A
- 234Issuing or signing false certificateIPC 197
- 235Using as true a certificate known to be falseIPC 198
- 236False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidenceIPC 199