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BNS Section 230

August 17, 2024

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BNS Section 230 – Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence.

(1) 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 is capital by the law for the time
being in force in India shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a
term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine which may extend to fifty thousand
rupees.
(2) If an innocent person be convicted and executed in consequence of false evidence referred to in
sub-section (1), the person who gives such false evidence shall be punished either with death or the
punishment specified in sub-section (1).