Perjury is -: (A) Willful utterance of falsehood, (B) An act committed within cou premises, (C) Failure to sign summons, (D) Failure to appear as a witness
Answer is A. It means wilful giving of false evidence by a witness while under oath, or failure to tell what he knows or believes to be true occurs if the persons earlier statement regarding the facts on oath & subsequent statement also must be on oath & both statements are opposed to each other & they cannot be reconciled. It falls under S.191.I.P.C. REF:The synopsis of forensic med (Dr.K.S.Narayan Reddy) pg no -8 (29th edition).