Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003) – Section 246

This section covers dishonestly making false claim in Court in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).

Dishonestly making false claim in Court. Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly, or with intent to injure or annoy any person, makes in a Court any claim which he knows to be false, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, and shall also be liable to fine.

What was the old IPC code for Section 246 of BNS 2023?

In the Indian Penal Code, dishonestly making false claim in Court was covered in S. 209.

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