IPC Section 194 - Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence

194. Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence

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 o f an offence which is capital 3[by the law for the time

being in force in 4[India]] shall be punished with 5[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 th ereby convicted 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.