https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=406866 Section 195(1)(b)(i) CrPC bars prosecution only where the false evidence has a direct or reasonably close nexus with an actual court proceeding; fabrication during investigation, before the material reaches court, is outside that bar. The deeming fiction in Explanation 2 to Section 193 IPC treats an investigation as a stage of a judicial proceeding for punishing false evidence, but it does not by itself convert the investigation into a proceeding in court for Section 195. Accordingly, a complaint for false evidence fabricated at the investigative stage remains maintainable, and the jurisdictional objection based on Section 195 fails. en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:17:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=406866 Section 195(1)(b)(i) CrPC bars prosecution only where the false evidence has a direct or reasonably close nexus with an actual court proceeding; fabrication during investigation, before the material reaches court, is outside that bar. The deeming fiction in Explanation 2 to Section 193 IPC treats an investigation as a stage of a judicial proceeding for punishing false evidence, but it does not by itself convert the investigation into a proceeding in court for Section 195. Accordingly, a complaint for false evidence fabricated at the investigative stage remains maintainable, and the jurisdictional objection based on Section 195 fails. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=406866