False Allegations In Bail Application: Prosecution For Perjury Cannot Be Initiated Without Unimpeachable Evidence To The Contrary

The Supreme Court has observed that, in order to attract the offence of perjury, a statement should be made deliberately and consciously which is found to be false as a result of comparing it with contrary unimpeachable evidence, documentary or otherwise. The bench comprising Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice Vineet Saran allowed an appeal, setting aside Bombay High Court...