Allahabad Court September 1917 Judgments

Badri Prasad Vs. Emperor

Court: Allahabad

Reported in: AIR1918All326; 42Ind.Cas.914a

1. Theapplicant Badri Prasad has been convicted of fabricating false evidence as defined in Section 192 of the Indian Penal Code and has been sentenced under Section 193 of that Code to three months' rigorous imprisonment. Badri Prasad was a clerk employed by the Naraini Estate, which is in charge of the Court of Wards, and one of his duties was to register sales of cattle at the Naraini market. On the 21st of March 1917 two persons, Riyayat and Arman, were carrying away twenty six head of cattle. While they were passing Bissinda Police Station, the Sub-Inspector stopped them and wanted them to produce the receipts which they had obtained as to the registration of the sale of the cattle. They produced nineteen receipts but they had none as regards the remaining seven head of cattle. On the 27th of that month they produced seven receipts bearing date the 21st of March 1917. These receipts had in fact been prepared by the accused on the 27th but they were dated, as I have said above, the...