BNS Section 246 — Dishonestly making false claim in Court
Section 246 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Dishonestly making false claim in Court”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
246. 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. ¶
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