If offence be committed ; shall, if the offence be committed, be punished with imprisonment of
any description provided for the offence, for a term which may extend to one-half of the longest term
of such imprisonment, or with such fine as is provided for that offence, or with both ;
if offence be punishable with death, etc. ; or if the offence be punishable with death or
2[imprisonment for life], with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten
years ;
if offence be not committed. or, if the offence be not committed, shall be punished with
imprisonment of any description provided for the offence for a term which may extend to one-fourth
part of the longest term of such imprisonment or with such fine as is provided for the offence, or with
both.
Illustration
A, an officer of police, being legally bound to give information of all designs to commit robbery
which may come to his knowledge, and knowing that B designs to commit robbery, omits to give such
information, with intent to facilitate the commission of that offence. Here A has by an illegal omission
concealed the existence of B‘s design, and is liable to punishment according to the provision of this
section.
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 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.
1[CHAPTER
VA
CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY
120A. Definition of criminal conspiracy. When two or more persons agree to do, or cause to be
done,__
(1) an illegal act, or
1Ch.
VA ins. by the Indian Criminal Law Amdt. Act, 1913 (8 of 1913), s. 3.
by the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (12 of 1972),s.2 and Sch., for ―transportation for life‖.
2Subs.
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