Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence
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Summary
Giving or fabricating false evidence, with the intention or with knowledge that it is likely to cause someone to be convicted of an offence punishable by death, attracts severe punishment: life imprisonment, or rigorous imprisonment up to ten years, plus fine. If the false evidence causes an innocent person to be convicted and executed, the person who gave the false evidence may be punished with death or with the punishments above.
Example
Ravi gives a fabricated eyewitness statement to make Karan appear guilty of a murder that attracts the death penalty. If Karan is convicted because of Ravi's false evidence, Ravi can be punished with life imprisonment, or rigorous imprisonment up to ten years and a fine; if Karan is later executed, Ravi may face death or those punishments.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever 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 laws 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;
If innocent person be thereby conviceted and executed – and if an innocent person be convicted and executed in consequence of such false evidence, the person who gives such false evidence shall be punished either with death or the punishment hereinbefore described.
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