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IPC Section 196 - Usi ng evidence known to be false
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IPC Section 196 deals with usi ng evidence known to be false.
Full official legal text
196. Usi ng evidence known to be false. Whoever corruptly uses or attempts to use as true or
genuine evidence any evidence which he knows to be false or fabricated, shall be punished in the same
manner as if he gave or fabricated false evidence.
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