MUMBAI: A witness in the 2012 Nanded arms haul case, who was summoned by the special NIA court to answer perjury charges, has sought time to engage a lawyer and file his reply. The court allowed him time until August 3.
Last month, the court had issued a notice to the hostile witness, who was to depose on a conspiracy meeting between the accused, for allegedly deposing falsely. Perjury is the wilful giving of false testimony under oath and in India attracts up to seven years’ imprisonment.
Last month, the court had convicted three men and sentenced them to 10 years’ RI in the arms haul case.
