False evidence Archives

Know why SC allowed private complaint for offence of false evidence before a Tribunal, considering it as the only remedy

Supreme Court set aside the High Court’s decision quashing the private complaint and concluding that the alleged offences under Sections 193, 199 and 200 of the IPC were such, on which the complaint could have only been filed by the Court following the route under Section 195 read with Section 340 of the CrPC.

Op Eds OP. ED.

Perjury Proceedings for Hostile Witness—A Need of Hour

by Surel Shah*

Case Briefs Supreme Court

‘False defence no ground to convict if chain of circumstantial evidence is incomplete’. 10 years after wife’s death, SC sets man free

Supreme Court: The bench of Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka*, JJ has held that when the chain of circumstantial evidence is

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Section 195(1)(b)(i) CrPC doesn’t bar prosecution by Investigation Agency against persons producing false evidence at the stage of investigation: Supreme Court

“Just like a private party who has been a victim of forgery committed outside the precincts of the Court, the investigative agency should not be left remediless against persons producing false evidence for the purpose of interfering with the investigation process.”