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CRIMINAL - Mere Contradictions in Witness' Statements Insufficient to Attract Perjury: Bombay HC - (20 Feb 2019)

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Bombay High Court has recently held that mere contractions in statement of witness cannot be sole ground for conviction for perjury and objectionable statements have to be perused as a whole to determine if the false statement was given willfully and knowingly.

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