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Section 195State of Jammu-Kashmir Act

Section 195: Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment

Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with 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 by the law of Jammu and Kashmir State, is not capital, but punishable with 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.IllustrationA gives false evidence before a Court of Justice, intending thereby to cause Z to be convicted of dacoity. The punishment of dacoity is imprisonment for life, or rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, with or without fine. A, therefore, is liable to such imprisonment, with or without fine.

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