PERJURY
"There is no excuse for perjury-never, never, never. There
is truth, and the truth demands respect."- Kenneth Starr
What is Perjury?
In criminal law. The willful assertion as to a matter of fact,
opinion, belief, or knowledge, made by a witness in a judicial
proceeding as part of his evidence, either upon oath or in any form
allowed by law to be substituted for an oath, whether such evidence
is given in open court, or in an affidavit, or otherwise, such
assertion being known to such witness to be false, and being
intended by him to misled the court, jury, or person holding the
proceeding. (Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed. And The Law
Dictionary)
In simple terms Perjury is defined as an offence of lying when
you are under oath. The Indian Penal Code, 1860 defines Perjury in
Chapter IX "OF FALSE EVIDENCE AND OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC
JUSTICE" under Section 191. The punishment for the offence of
Perjury is defined under section 193 of Indian Penal Code, 1860
