Section 89
Prohibition Of Fabricating Evidence
(1) Except as otherwise
provided in this Act, no person shall fabricate evidence, cause any
circumstance to exist, forge any document or electronic record or
make any false entry in any document or electronic record, with
intent to use it in a judicial or other legal proceeding.
(2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the
offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of
imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and a fine not
exceeding fifty thousand rupees.
Provided that where a sentence of imprisonment for life has
been imposed on any person on the basis of such false evidence, the
offender shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not
exceeding seven years and a fine not exceeding seventy thousand
rupees.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this
Section, no sentence shall be so imposed under this Section that the
sentence is in excess of the maximum sentence that can be imposed
on the offence in relation to which the evidence has been fabricated.