Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence
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Summary
Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent, or knowing it is likely, to cause someone to be convicted of a capital offence attracts severe punishment: life imprisonment or rigorous imprisonment up to ten years, and a fine up to fifty thousand rupees. If the false evidence results in the innocent person being executed, the offender may be sentenced to death or to the same punishments.
Example
Rohan gives a fabricated witness statement saying Priya committed a murder that carries the death penalty, intending her conviction. Under this provision, Rohan can be punished with life imprisonment or rigorous imprisonment up to ten years and a fine up to fifty thousand rupees. If Priya were executed because of his false evidence, Rohan could face the death penalty or those same punishments.
Bare Act
Enacted text(1) 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 is capital by the law for the time being in force in India shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.
(2) If an innocent person be convicted and executed in consequence of false evidence referred in sub-section (1), the person who gives such false evidence shall be punished either with death or the punishment hereinbefore described.
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