Indian Penal Code,1860
Act No : 45
Section :
Fabricating false evidence.
192. Fabricating false evidence.--Whoever causes any circumstanceto exist or makes any false entry in any book or record, or makes anydocument containing a false statement, intending that suchcircumstance, false entry or false statement may appear in evidence ina judicial proceeding, or in a proceeding taken by law before a publicservant as such, or before an arbitrator, and that such circumstance,false entry or false statement, so appearing in evidence, may causeany person who in such proceeding is to form an opinion upon theevidence, to entertain an erroneous opinion touching any pointmaterial to the result of such proceeding is said "to fabricate falseevidence". Illustrations (a) A puts jewels into a box belonging to Z, with the intentionthat they may be found in that box, and that this circumstance maycause Z to be convicted of theft. A has fabricated false evidence. (b) A makes a false entry in his shop-book for the purpose ofusing it as corroborative evidence in a Court of Justice. A hasfabricated false evidence. (c) A, with the intention of causing Z to be convicted of acriminal conspiracy, writes a letter in imitation of Z's handwriting,purporting to be addressed to an accomplice in such criminalconspiracy, and puts the letter in a place which he knows that theofficers of the police are likely to search. A has fabricated falseevidence.
