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Dinesh (aaa)     29 June 2013

What is the punishment of 323, 114 false claim by dump,deaf

Respected Experts.. One dump and deaf person has filed false 323,114 complain against (his wife and my friend), dump and deaf person has dought for the relation of his wife and my friend. He claimed that his wife and my friend both together have hurt him(dump and deaf person)..

So what is the punishment to his wife and my friend even though the false elegations??

 

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Sonia Dhamija (Advocate)     29 June 2013

Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt (Section 323) is imprisonment for a maximum period of one year and/or a fine of not more than thousand rupees, i.e. the accused can either be (i) imprisoned only - for maximum one year or (ii) fined only - for maximum one thousand rupees or (iii) imprisoned for maximum one year and fined for maximum one thousand rupees, both.

 

Moreover this is a non-cognizable offence, which means that the police does not have the power to arrest without a warrant, i.e. just by filing of a complaint, the persons against whom the complaint has been filed cannot be arrested, unless a warrant is issued by the magistrate.

 

Section 114 says that a person who has abetted the commission of an offence and was present while the offence was being committed, such abettor shall be deemed to have committed the offence, thus he will be liable to the same punishment as that of the main offence . In this case the punishment will be the same as mentioned in S. 323.

 

The police cannot investigate a complaint of the commission of a non-cognizable offence without the orders of the magistrate (S. 155 of Cr.P.C.). Whether the allegations are false or not,  will be decided by the magistrate. Thus the wife and your friend will not be punished unless the magistrate finds them guilty, through procedure established by law.


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