Punishment for false accusations and false testimony - Tanzina Fardoush

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LAW & RIGHTS

Punishment for false accusations and false testimony

by Tanzina Fardoush


Punishment for False Cases

If anyone is harmed by any injustice or illegal act, he has the right to seek the shelter of law. For this reason, lawsuits are required. But many times lawsuits are filed to harass someone or to humiliate them socially. Some even give false testimony. Filing a false case and giving false testimony—both are criminal offenses, and there are provisions for punishment for them.

Action can be taken against the false accuser or complainant under section 211 of the Penal Code. However, in this case, the condition is that the case must be finally disposed of. If the judicial magistrate feels that the allegations brought against the accused are false, baseless, trivial, annoying, or harassing, and that the case was filed to create pressure on the accused, then such a case will be considered a false case. If the case is proved to be false or baseless, the judicial magistrate may punish the accuser or complainant. In addition, the aggrieved person may file a separate case as plaintiff.

If the case is proved to be false and baseless, the judicial magistrate may, on his own initiative, order compensation to the aggrieved person against the false accuser under section 250 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The court may even take punitive action against the false accuser. If in a non-cognizable case any police officer gives a false report, the judicial magistrate may, on his own initiative, order compensation to the aggrieved person under section 250 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.


According to section 211 of the Penal Code, the punishment for a false case is imprisonment of any term up to two years with or without hard labor, or a fine, or both. If a false case is filed concerning any offense punishable with death penalty, life imprisonment, or imprisonment of seven years or more, then the person filing the false case or complainant shall be punished with imprisonment of any term up to seven years with or without hard labor. Along with this, the false complainant may also be punished with a fine.

In section 17 (1) of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, 2000, it is stated:

“If any person, with the intent of harming another person, files or causes to be filed a case or complaint under any other section of this Act without any just or lawful cause, then the person filing the case or complaint and the person causing the complaint to be filed shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment not exceeding seven years, and shall also be liable to an additional fine.”

In our country, false cases are generally filed to harass. It is not possible for everyone to go to the higher court. Due to various obstacles, it is also not possible to file a counter-case under section 211 of the Penal Code. In this situation, only the concerned court can, on its own initiative, take punitive action against the filer of a false case under section 250 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. If the courts regularly and cautiously did this, then on the one hand the aggrieved person would receive compensation, and on the other hand, the case backlog would also decrease.


Punishment for Giving False Testimony

If anyone gives false testimony in court even after taking an oath, he may be punished. According to section 193 of the Penal Code, if anyone intentionally gives false testimony or distorts testimony at any stage of a judicial process, that person may be punished with imprisonment of seven years and a fine. 

If anyone gives false testimony or distorts testimony outside a judicial process, the false witness may be punished with imprisonment of three years and a fine. According to section 194 of the Penal Code, if any person intentionally gives false testimony or distorts testimony in such a way that it contributes to someone being convicted for an offense punishable by death penalty, that person shall be punished with life imprisonment or rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and a fine. 

If as a result of false testimony or distortion of testimony, an innocent person is executed, then the false witness may be sentenced to death by the court, in addition to the other punishments mentioned earlier. 


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Published in Shobdo Mukur Bhadro 1432 Edition




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