Indian Penal Code,1860
Act No : 45
Section :
Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving falseinformation to screen offender.if a capital offence;if punishable with imprisonment for life;if punishable with less than ten years' imprisonment.
201. Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or givingfalse information to screen offender.--Whoever, knowing or havingreason to believe that an offence has been committed, causes anyevidence of the commission of that offence to disappear, with theintention of screening the offender from legal punishment, or withthat intention gives any information respecting the offence which heknows or believes to be false, if a capital offence.--shall, if the offence which he knows orbelieves to have been committed is punishable with death, be punishedwith imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend toseven years, and shall also be liable to fine; if punishable with imprisonment for life.--and if the offence ispunishable with 1*[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonmentwhich may extend to ten years, shall be punished with imprisonment ofeither description for a term which may extend to three years, andshall also be liable to fine; if punishable with less than ten years' imprisonment.--and if the offence is punishable with imprisonment for any term notextending to ten years, shall be punished with imprisonment of thedescription provided for the offence, for a term which may extend toone-fourth part of the longest term of the imprisonment provided forthe offence, or with fine, or with both. Illustration A, knowing that B has murdered Z, assists B to hide the body withthe intention of screening B from punishment. A is liable toimprisonment of either description for seven years, and also to fine.
