Kanoon (
Hindi: कानून,
Urdu: قانون ; Title translation: The Law) is a 1960 Indian Hindi film directed by
B.R. Chopra. The film stars
Rajendra Kumar,
Nanda,
Ashok Kumar,
Mehmood,
Shashikala,
Jeevan and
Om Prakash. The film presents a case against capital punishment, arguing that witnesses may be genuinely deceived, and their consequent inadvertently tendered false testimony may lead someone wrongly to the gallows.