Giving False Evidence: (Section 191) According to Sec-191 'giving false evidence' is an offence punishable under Indian Penal Code.In English Law according to Kenny this is perjury.If a person in a judicial proceeding, before a competent court, gives false evidence or evidence which he knows to be false he is guilty of perjury. But he must have stated this under oath and on matters material to the trial. Sec-191, defines giving false evidence. Here the accused must be legally bound by an oath to state the truth or to make a declaration. He must make a false statement and must know that it is false or that it is not true. The statement may be made either orally or in writing. It amounts to false evidence: 1) If a person says that he believes a thing which he does not believe, 2) If he states that he knows a thing which he does not believe, or 3) If he states that he knows a thing which he does not know. Ranjit Singh V State The facts were that the accused Police Officer filed a...
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