New Delhi: A Delhi court has directed lodging of a case against a woman for levelling false rape charges and fabricating evidence to implicate a man, observing that the "evil of perjury" has to be dealt with "an iron hand" as it has now assumed alarming proportions. This was a fit case where the woman deserved to be proceeded against for committing offence of perjury, the court said, adding it would be failing in its duty if appropriate proceedings are not initiated against her.

"The evil of perjury has assumed alarming proportion in cases depending upon oral evidence and therefore time has come to deal with this menace with an iron hand," Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat said, adding there was no truth in the woman's allegations that she was drugged and raped.