Legal Insights Into Perjury And Preliminary Inquiries
The term “perjury” is not explicitly defined in either the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), or the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), nor was defined in Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 and Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973. However, the Supreme Court, in the case of Kishorbhai Gandubhai Pethani vs. State of Gujarat (https://indiankanoon.org/doc/102910949/), […]