1. The consequence of going to court is that the people's court can impose fines and detention according to the seriousness of the case. If the case constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law. In criminal proceedings, criminals lie and cheat in statements, which is an act of obstructing judicial activities, and serious cases constitute perjury.
2. Legal basis: Article 305 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
In criminal proceedings for perjury, witnesses, expert witnesses, recorders and translators who intentionally make false proofs, appraisals, records and translations of important cases with the intention of framing others or concealing criminal evidence shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.
Article 306
Defenders and agents ad litem are guilty of destroying, forging evidence and obstructing testimony. In criminal proceedings, defenders and agents ad litem who destroy or falsify evidence, help the parties to destroy or falsify evidence, threaten or induce witnesses to change their testimony of facts or commit perjury shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.
Witness testimony or other evidence provided, presented or quoted by defenders or agents ad litem is inaccurate, not intentionally forged, and does not belong to forged evidence.
Article 307
Crime of Obstruction of Testimony Whoever prevents a witness from testifying or instigates others to commit perjury by violence, threat or bribery shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.
The crime of helping the parties to destroy or forge evidence, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention.
Any judicial officer who commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs shall be given a heavier punishment.
Second, what are the constitutive conditions of perjury?
1, objective elements, the object of perjury is the personal rights of citizens and the normal activities of judicial organs, which is a complex object;
2. Objective elements: the crime of perjury is objectively manifested as false proof, identification, recording, translation or concealment of criminal evidence in criminal investigation, prosecution and trial;
3. Main components: the subject of perjury is a special subject, that is, it can only be a witness, an expert witness, a recorder and an interpreter in criminal proceedings;
4. Subjective elements: the crime of perjury must come from direct intention subjectively, that is, the actor knows that his false statement has an important relationship with the case, but in order to frame others or conceal criminal evidence. If the perpetrator has no intention of framing others or concealing criminal evidence, he cannot be punished as perjury.