IPC Section 195 - Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable

195. 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 he will thereby cause, any person to be convicted of an

offence which 1[by the law f or the time b eing in force in 2[India]] is not capital, but punishable with

3[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 is 4[imprisonment for life], or rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to t en years, with or without fine.

A, therefore, is liable to 5[imprisonment for life] or imprisonment, with or without fine.