Section 193 IPC When can perjury Proceedings Be Initiated Against A Litigant Supreme Court Explains While quashing a perjury proceeding against a litigant, the Supreme Court laid down the yardsticks which should be fulfilled for initiating proceedings for the offence of perjury under Section 193 of Indian Penal Code, 1860. The bench comprising Justice BR Gavai, Justices Sanjay Karol and KV Viswanathan was deciding an appeal preferred by a litigant against the decision of the Uttarakhand High Court directing the registration of a complaint under Section 193 of IPC against the appellant for filing a false affidavit before the Court in a bail cancellation proceeding. The appellant was an accused in a case of rape over a false pretext of marriage. He was granted bail by the High Court. The complainant in the rape case thereafter filed an application to cancel the bail. The High Court rejected the bail cancellation plea but issued directions for the registration of FIR for an offence of per...