Supreme Court of India

Afzal and Anr. v. State of Haryana and Ors.

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Reported as [1996] 1 S.C.R. 573
Bench K. Ramaswamy and G.B. Pattanaik JJ.
Decided 17 January 1996

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above conclu­ sion, the obvious answer would be that since he knew that the report submit­ ted by Shri Kalyan Rudra, D.G.P. that the minor boys were wrongfully detained and were in wrongful confinement, the averments made in the H counter-affidavit dated October 30, 1993 were obviously false to escape ;. ) AFZAL v.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

Indian Penal Code, 1860 : Ss.191, 192, 193--Giving false evidence and fabricating false evidence--Police officials--Giving .false a.ffidavits in Court and inducing one o.f their colleagues to .forge signature o.f another o.fficer on counter qffidavit--Held liable to be punished under s. 193 and accordingly sentenced. Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 : S.2(c}-Criminal contempt--Filing qf false affidavits in Court-Held amounts to criminal contempt. Constitution ~f India, 1950: Article 129-Contempt of Court-Deputy Superintendent of Police--Filing false affidavit in Court and instructing his junior

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