Supreme Court Quashes Prosecution Direction Against Returning Officer in Election Petition Due to Lack of Intentional Falsehood and Procedural Lapse. The Court held that mere inconsistency in evidence without proof of deliberate falsehood does not justify perjury prosecution under Section 193 IPC, and failure to grant opportunity under Section 340 CrPC vitiates the direction.
3 Aug 2021The dispute arose from an election petition challenging the election of N.S. Nandiesha Reddy from the 151 K.R. Pura Legislative Assembly constituency ...
