Bombay High Court Allows Application for Perjury Proceedings Against Respondents in Writ Petition for Filing False Affidavits. Court holds that filing false affidavits amounts to contempt and perjury, and the court can initiate proceedings under Section 340 CrPC without hearing the accused at the preliminary stage.
22 Dec 2018The judgment pertains to a Civil Application filed under Section 340 read with Section 195 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) by the appli...




