Private Complaint Alleging Offence Under Section 193 IPC Not Maintainable: SC [Read Judgment]
The Supreme Court has reiterated that a private complaint alleging an offence under Section 193 IPC is not maintainable. Narendra Kumar Srivastava had filed a private complaint against officials of Doordarshan and All India Radio alleging commission of offence under Section 193 read with Section 34 of the IPC alleging that because of the false and wrong statement made by the officials in their show-cause affidavit, the High Court dropped the contempt case which was filed against this. refer to the offence of giving false evidence and offences against public justice which is distinctly different from those offences under Section 195 of Cr.P.C, where a dispute could arise whether the offence of forging a document was committed outside the court or when it was in the custody of the court." Upholding the High Court judgment, the bench said that the present case squarely falls within the category of cases falling under Section 195 of the Cr.P.C.
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