Indian Penal Code 1860
Section 214 :
Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender:
(See section 251 of BNS 2023)
Classification of Offence:
Offence: Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender if the offence be capital.
Punishment :Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable :Non-cognizable
Bailable or Non-bailable :Bailable.
Compoundable or Non-compoundable : Non-compoundable
By Which Court Triable :Magistrate of the first class.
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Offence: If punishable with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for 10 years.
Punishment :Imprisonment for 3 years and fine
Cognizable or Non-cognizable :Non-cognizable
Bailable or Non-bailable :Bailable.
Compoundable or Non-compoundable : Non-compoundable
By Which Court Triable :Magistrate of the first class.
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Offence: If punishable with imprisonment for less than 10 years.
Punishment :Imprisonment for a quarter of the longest term provided for the offence, or fine or both.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable :Non-cognizable
Bailable or Non-bailable :Bailable.
Compoundable or Non-compoundable : Non-compoundable
By Which Court Triable :Magistrate of the first class.
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Whoever gives or causes, or offers or agrees to give or cause, any gratification to any person, or 1.[restores or causes the restoration of] any property to any person, in consideration of that persons 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, if a capital offence. – shall, if the offence 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;
if punishable with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment. – and if the offence is punishable with 2.[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment which may extend to ten years, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine;
and if the offence is punishable with imprisonment not extending to ten years, shall 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.
3.[Exception :
The provisions of Sections 213 and 214 do not extend to any case in which the offence may lawfully be compounded.]
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1. Subs. by Act 42 of 1953, s. 4 and the Third Sch., for “to restore or cause the restoration of”.
2. Ins. by Act 3 of 1894, s. 7.
3. Subs. by Act 8 of 1882, s. 6, for the original exception.
4. Illustrations rep. by Act 10 of 1882, s. 2 and the First Sch.