Section 177 IPC

BISHAN DAS vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANR.

Cr Appeal No 1837       OF 2014

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6. Section 177 IPC deals with giving  of  false  information.   The ingredients of Section 177 IPC are :-

(i)   That a person must be  legally  bound  to  furnish  information  on  a particular subject  to a public  servant.

(ii)  That he must furnish, as true, information on that  subject  which  he knows or has reason to believe to be false.

Held : Sarpanch of  Gram  Panchayat  was  legally bound  to  give  correct   information   and  bound to  issue   a   correct certificate.