IPC § 195A · Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 195A IPC — Threatening any person to give false evidence
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNS 232 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the IPC.
The law now: BNS 232 — Threatening any person to give false evidence
(1) Whoever threatens another with any injury to his person, reputation or property or to the person or reputation of any one in whom that person is interested, with intent to cause that person to give false evidence shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.
(2) If innocent person is convicted and sentenced in consequence of false evidence referred to in sub-section (1), with death or imprisonment for more than seven years, the person who threatens shall be punished with the same punishment and sentence in the same manner and to the same extent such innocent person is punished and sentenced.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNS 232 in full