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Complaint not needed, police can register FIR on threats to witness: SC

The New Indian Express Mysuru

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October 29, 2025

THREATENING a witness to give false evidence is a cognisable offence, authorising the police to directly register an FIR and investigate, without waiting for a formal complaint from a court, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.

- SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY

A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Alok Aradhe said, "Section 195-A (Offence of threatening witnesses) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was conceptualised as an offence distinct and different from those under Sections 193, 194, 195 and 196 IPC. An offence under Section 195-A IPC was a cognisable offence and pertained to inducing a person to giv

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