INDIAN PENAL CODE
120: Concealing Design To
Commit Offence Punishable With Imprisonment::--Whoever, intending to facilitate or knowing it to be likely that
he will thereby facilitate the commission of an offence punishable with
imprisonment, voluntarily conceals, by any act or illegal omission, the
existence of a design to commit such offence, or makes any representation which
he knows to be false respecting such design;
If offence be
committed/If offence be not committed
shall, if the
offence be committed, be punished with imprisonment of the description provided
for the offence, for a term which may extend to one-fourth, and, if the offence
be not committed, to one-eighth, of the longest term of such imprisonment, or
with such fine, as is provided for the offence, or with both.
CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCE
Para I
Punishment—Imprisonment
extending to a quarter part of the longest term provided for the offence, or
fine, or both—According as offence abetted is cognizable or
non-cognizable—According as offence abetted is bailable or non-bailable—Triable
by court by which offence abetted is triable—Non-compoundable.
Para II
Punishment—Imprisonment
extending to one-eighth part of the longest term provided for the offence, or
fine, or both—According as offence abetted is cognizable or
non-cognizable—Bailable—Triable by court by which offence abetted is triable—Non-compoundable.
Comments
Allegations of
conspiracy in committing murder by group of 30 to 40 persons even though a
strong suspicion raised regarding involvement of respondent where incident led
to murder, prosecution evidence inconsistent - reversal of acquittal was
proper; State of Haryana v. Pradeep Kumar, 1999 SCC (Cr) 358: 1999 (1) Crime 8
(SC).
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