Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter XIV: Conditions Requisite for Initiation of Proceedings
Section 195A: Procedure for witnesses in case of threatening, etc
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.
In plain words
A witness or any other person can file a complaint about the offence of threatening someone to give false evidence under section 195A of the Indian Penal Code.
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Official text
A witness or any other person may file a complaint in relation to an offence under section 195A of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).]
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 195A
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