To utter untruth in a court of justice to behave deceitfully towards the king, to act falsely towards preceptors and elders, are considered as equivalent to Brahmanicide.
अधिकारे यदनृतं यच्च राजसु पैशुनम्। गुरोचालीककरणं तुल्यं तद् ब्रह्महत्यया॥