Criminalization of Informing the Contrary in Iranian Law

 
One of the most important ways to find out what the investigating judge or trial judge is facing is to use the information of people who are aware of the criminal process. By attending the crime scene or at the prosecutor's office, the investigating judge obtains information from people who have witnessed the crime or otherwise have information in this regard, and examines the various dimensions of the case. In the meantime, for various reasons, such as self-interest or even fear of the judicial authority, the informed person may provide false information to the judicial authority. Although this title alone is not criminalized in the Islamic Penal Code, disrupting the judicial process is considered one of the crimes against judicial justice, which can naturally be punished and punishable. In the present article, the above issue has been studied using analytical-descriptive method and its various dimensions have been explained. Finally, it is concluded that providing false information to the judicial authority is a act in order to the deviation of proceedings and naturally, this act is criminal and deserves punishment.