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Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender
Section 238 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, deals with the offense of causing disappearance of evidence of an offense, or giving false information to screen an offender.
Whoever, knowing or having reason to believe that an offence has been committed, causes any evidence of the commission of that offence to disappear, with the intention of screening the offender from legal punishment, or with that intention gives any information respecting the offence which he knows or believes to be false shall,
(a) if the offence which he knows or believes to have been committed is punishable with death be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine;
(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;
(c) if the offence is punishable with imprisonment for any term 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 the imprisonment provided for the offence, or with fine, or with both.
Illustrations
A, knowing that B has murdered Z, assists B to hide the body with the intention of screening B from punishment. A is liable to imprisonment of either description for seven years, and also to fine.Offence : Causing disappearance of evidence of an offence committed, or giving false information touching it to screen the offender, if a offence.
Punishment : Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable : According as the offence in relation to which disappearance of evidence is caused is cognizable or noncapital cognizable.
Bailable or Non-bailable : Bailable.
By what Court triable : Court of Session.
Offence : If punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for 10 years.
Punishment : Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable : Non-cognizable.
Bailable or Non-bailable : Bailable.
By what Court triable : Magistrate of the first class.
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