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Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860).
Offering gift or
restoration of
property in
consideration of
screening offender if
a capital offence; if
punishable with
imprisonment for life,
or with imprisonment
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 of
either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be
liable to fine;
and if the offence is punishable with 79[ 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 extent to onefourth 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 under
pretence or on account of helping any person to recover any moveable 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 of
either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with
both.
Harbouring offender
216. 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 power 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 with the intention of preventing him from being apprehended, shall be
punished in the manner following, that is to say,
if the offence for which the person was in custody or is ordered to be
apprehended is punishable with death, he shall be punished with imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be
liable to fine;
who has escaped
from custody or
whose apprehension
has been ordered if a
capital offence; if
punishable with
imprisonment for life,
or with imprisonment
if the offence is punishable with 80[ imprisonment] for life, or imprisonment for
ten years, he shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to three years, with or without fine;
and if the offence is punishable with imprisonment which may extend to one year
and not to ten years, he shall be punished with imprisonment of the description
provided for the offence for a term which may extend to onefourth part of the
longest term of the imprisonment provided for such offence or with fine, or with
both.
“Offence” in this section includes also any act or omission of which a person is
alleged to have been guilty out of Bangladesh which, if he had been guilty of it
in Bangladesh, would have been punishable as an offence, and for which he is,
under any law relating to extradition, or under the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881,
or otherwise, liable to be apprehended or detained in custody in Bangladesh, and
every such act or omission shall, for the purpose of this section, be deemed to
be punishable as if the accused person had been guilty of it in Bangladesh.
Exception.–This provision does not extend to the case in which the harbour or
concealment is by the husband or wife of the person to be apprehended.
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