IPC Section 199 — False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence

Summary

If a person makes or signs a declaration that a court, public servant, or other official is required or allowed by law to accept as proof of a fact, and in that declaration they include a false statement about an important point related to the purpose of the declaration—knowing or believing it is false, or not believing it is true—they can be punished in the same way as if they had given false evidence in court.

Official Text

Whoever, in any declaration made or subscribed by him, which declaration any Court of Justice, or any public servant or other person, is bound or authorized by law to receive as evidence of any fact, makes any statement which is false, and which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true, touching any point material to the object for which the declaration is made or used, shall be punished in the same manner as if he gave false evidence.

Related Judgments

• BABAN SINGH AND ANR. vs JAGDISH SINGH & ORS — Supreme Court of India (1966)
• MAHARASHTRA STATE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION CO. LTD. & ANR. vs DATAR SWITCHGEAR LTD. & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2010)
• Laser Shaving (India) Private Limited vs Rkrm International Products — Bombay High Court (Mumbai Principal Seat) (2025)
• R.S. SUJATHA vs STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ORS — Supreme Court of India (2010)
• ADITI ALIAS MITHI vs JITESH SHARMA — Supreme Court of India (2023)
• RAJNESH vs NEHA & ANR — Supreme Court of India (2020)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §236 — False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence