The question of the basis of criminal prosecution for falsification of the required evidence

About the author:

Artyom K. Skorokhodov, Postgraduate Student, Department of Criminal Law Disciplines, University of Tyumen, Tyumen, Russia, stud0000234331@study.utmn.ru; https://orcid.com/0000-0003-3766-8488

Abstract:

This article studies the development of the criminal law protection of public relations arising during the administration of justice, namely, the issue of criminal liability for the provision of falsified items and documents provided to the court by persons not involved in the case in response to the judicial act, to which such documents are requested by the court to resolve the case. The relevance of this issue lies in the constantly growing number of cases submitted to the RF courts, which in turn increases the possibility of encroachment on public relations protected by the chapter 31 of the RF Criminal Code. This article aims to analyze the evidence of falsification in civil and administrative cases in relation to acts committed in the process of providing falsified evidence in response to a judicial act seeking evidence. The author makes a proposal to improve the criminal law by expanding the characteristics of a special subject of falsification of evidence in civil and administrative cases by referring to a person providing evidence to the court based on the obligation imposed by the court on such a person to provide them. Additionally, the article considers the possibility of qualifying the studied acts in the conditions of the current legislation.

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