Manusmriti
अन्धो मत्स्यानिवाश्नाति स नरः कण्टकैः सह । यो भाषतेऽर्थवैकल्यमप्रत्यक्षं सभां गतः ॥ ९५ ॥
That man who in a court (of justice) gives an untrue account of a transaction (or asserts a fact) of which he was not an eye-witness, resembles a blind man who swallows fish with the bones.
english translation
andho matsyAnivAznAti sa naraH kaNTakaiH saha । yo bhASate'rthavaikalyamapratyakSaM sabhAM gataH ॥ 95 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptअन्धो मत्स्यानिवाश्नाति स नरः कण्टकैः सह । यो भाषतेऽर्थवैकल्यमप्रत्यक्षं सभां गतः ॥ ९५ ॥
That man who in a court (of justice) gives an untrue account of a transaction (or asserts a fact) of which he was not an eye-witness, resembles a blind man who swallows fish with the bones.
english translation
andho matsyAnivAznAti sa naraH kaNTakaiH saha । yo bhASate'rthavaikalyamapratyakSaM sabhAM gataH ॥ 95 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript