Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 199, 200, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 340 -- False evidence - Mere fact that a person has made a contradictory statement in a judicial proceeding is not by itself always sufficient to justify a prosecution u/ss 199, 200 IPC - It must be shown that false statement was given intentionally in the judicial proceedings or false..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 195 -- Proceedings u/s 195 IPC - Initiation of - Held, proceedings u/s 195 are initiated when court is of opinion that it is expedient in interest of justice that enquiry should be made into any offence involving giving of false evidence - Therefore, court has to take a very cautious approach and to initiate proceedings only when it is..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, 302, 120B, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 194 -- Ill treatment for demand of dowry - However in divorce proceedings admission that accused never ill treated the wife - Two contradictory versions in two different Courts of law - Order of trial Court to face regular trial for giving or fabricating false evidence in judicial..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 340, Penal Code, 1860, Section 191,192,193, Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Section 17B -- False affidavit - Tendered in Court - Plea of respondent that false averment, if any, was made not directly in a claim made by him under Section 17B of the ID Act but was made in response to respondent's plea in Civil Miscellaneous application..........
