Section 195 - Giving or Fabricating False Evidence with Intent to Procure Conviction of Offence Punishable with Imprisonment for Life or Imprisonment in Indian Penal Code, 1860
Giving or Fabricating False Evidence with Intent to Procure Conviction of Offence Punishable with Imprisonment for Life or Imprisonment.
Whoever gives or fabricates false evidence intending thereby to cause, or knowing it to be likely that be will thereby cause, any person to be convicted of an offence which1[by the law for the time being in force in2[India] is not capital, but punishable with3[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 of Justice, intending thereby to cause Z to be convicted of a dacoity. The punishment of dacoity is3[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.
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1. Substituted by the A.O. 1948, for "by the law of British India or England".
2. Substituted by Act 3 of 1951, section 3 and Schedule, for "the States".
3. Substituted by Act 26 of 1955, section 117 and Schedule, for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).