Indian Penal Code, 1860
192.
Fabricating false evidence
Whoever causes any
circumstance to exist or makes any false entry in any book or record, or makes
any document containing a false statement, intending that such circumstance,
false entry or false statement may appear in evidence in a judicial proceeding,
or in a proceeding taken by law before a public servant as such, or before an
arbitrator, and that such circumstance, false entry or false statement, so
appearing in evidence, may cause any person who in such proceeding is to form
an opinion upon the evidence, to entertain an erroneous opinion touching any
point material to the result of such proceeding, is said "to fabricate
false evidence".
Illustrations
(a) A, puts jewels
into a box belonging to Z, with the intention that they may be found in that
box, and that this circumstance may cause Z to be convicted of theft. A has
fabricated false evidence.
(b) A makes a false
entry in his shop-book for the purpose of using it as corroborative evidence in
a Court of Justice. A has fabricated false evidence.
(c) A, with the intention
of causing Z to be convicted of a criminal conspiracy, writes a letter in
imitation of Z's handwriting, purporting to be addressed to an accomplice in
such criminal conspiracy, and puts the letter in a place which he knows that
the officers of the Police are likely to search. A has fabricated false
evidence.