Penal Code
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Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of
screening offender
214. Whoever gives or causes, or offers or agrees to give or
cause, any gratification to any person, or to restore or cause the
restoration of any property to any person, in consideration of that
person’s 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,
shall, if the offence is punishable with death be punished with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, and
shall also be liable to fine; and if the offence is punishable with
imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment which may extend to
ten years, shall be punished with imprisonment 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 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.
Exception—The provisions of sections 213 and 214 do not extend to
any case in which the offence may lawfully be compounded.
Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc.
215. Whoever takes, or agrees or consents to take, any gratification
for himself or any other person under pretence or on account of
helping any person to recover any movable property of which
he shall have been deprived by any offence punishable under
this Code, shall, unless he uses all means in his power to cause
the offender to be apprehended and convicted of the offence, be
punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two
years or with fine or with both.
Harbouring an offender who has escaped from custody, or
whose apprehension has been ordered
216. (1) Whenever any person convicted of, or charged with an
offence, being in lawful custody for that offence, escapes from
such custody, or whenever a public servant, in the exercise of
the lawful powers of such public servant, orders a certain person
to be apprehended for an offence, whoever, knowing of such
escape or order for apprehension, harbours or conceals that person
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