https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312893 False affidavits filed for use in a judicial proceeding may amount to giving false evidence or fabricating false evidence when the statements are made on oath and are intended to influence the court, rather than merely constituting a false declaration. Where the person proceeded against is a witness before the court and the alleged falsehood falls within the special procedure for prosecuting false evidence, that procedure is exclusive; proceedings under the general complaint provision are barred. The court therefore treated the special witness-prosecution mechanism as the governing route for such allegations and rejected recourse to the broader procedure. en-us Tue, 08 Feb 1966 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:27:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312893 False affidavits filed for use in a judicial proceeding may amount to giving false evidence or fabricating false evidence when the statements are made on oath and are intended to influence the court, rather than merely constituting a false declaration. Where the person proceeded against is a witness before the court and the alleged falsehood falls within the special procedure for prosecuting false evidence, that procedure is exclusive; proceedings under the general complaint provision are barred. The court therefore treated the special witness-prosecution mechanism as the governing route for such allegations and rejected recourse to the broader procedure. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 08 Feb 1966 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312893