Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender
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Summary
Giving, offering, or restoring money, property, or any gratification to someone to make them conceal an offence, shield another from legal punishment, or not proceed against a person for bringing them to punishment is an offence. The penalty depends on how serious the concealed offence is: if it is punishable with death, imprisonment up to seven years and fine; if punishable with life or up to ten years, imprisonment up to three years and fine; if punishable with less than ten years, imprisonment up to one-fourth of the maximum term for that offence, or fine, or both.
Example
Priya gives money to a neighbour to hide that her brother stole a small item from a shop. If that theft is punishable with less than ten years, Priya can be punished with imprisonment up to one-fourth of the maximum term for that theft, or a fine, or both.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever gives or causes, or offers or agrees to give or cause, any gratification to any person, or restores or causes the restoration of any property to any person, in consideration of that person’s concealing an offence, or of his screening any person from legal punishment for any offence, or of his not proceeding against any person for the purpose of bringing him to legal punishment shall,
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(a) if the offence is punishable with death, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and also be liable to fine;
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(b) if the offence is punishable with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment which may extend to ten years, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine;
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(c) if the offence is punishable with imprisonment not extending to ten years, be punished with imprisonment of the description provided for the offence for a term which may extend to one-fourth part of the longest term of imprisonment provided for the offence, or with fine, or with both.
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