This section covers giving false evidence to procure conviction in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of an offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment. Whoever gives or fabricates false evidence intending thereby to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby cause, any person to be convicted of an offence which by the law for the time being in force in India is not capital, but punishable with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for a term of seven years or upwards, shall be punished as a person convicted of that offence would be liable to be punished.
Illustration. A gives false evidence before a Court, intending thereby to cause Z to be convicted of a dacoity. The punishment of dacoity is imprisonment for life, or rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, with or without fine. A, therefore, is liable to imprisonment for life or imprisonment, with or without fine.
What was the old IPC code for Section 231 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, giving false evidence to procure conviction was covered in S. 195.