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Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860).
False charge of
offence made with
intent to injure
211. Whoever, with intent to cause injury to any person, institutes or causes to
be instituted any criminal proceeding against that person, or falsely charges any
person with having committed an offence, knowing that there is no just or lawful
ground for such proceeding or charge against that person, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or
with fine, or with both;
and if such criminal proceeding be instituted on a false charge of an offence
punishable with death, 75[ imprisonment] for life, or imprisonment for seven
years or upwards, shall be punishable with imprisonment of either description for
a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Harbouring offender
212. Whenever an offence has been committed, whoever harbours or conceals a
person whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the offender, with the
intention of screening him from legal punishment,
shall, if the offence is punishable with death, be punished with imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to five years, and shall also be
liable to fine;
if a capital offence; if
punishable with
imprisonment for life,
or with imprisonment
and if the offence is punishable with 76[ 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 which may extend to one
year, and not to ten years, 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 imprisonment provided for the offence, or with fine,
or with both.
"Offence" in this section includes any act committed at any place out of
Bangladesh, which, if committed in Bangladesh, would be punishable under any of
the following sections, namely, 302, 304, 382, 392, 393, 394, 395 396, 397,
398, 399, 402, 435, 436, 449, 450, 457, 458, 459 and 460; and every such act
shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be punishable as if the
accused person had been guilty of it in Bangladesh.
Exception. This provision shall not extend to any case in which the harbour or
concealment is by the husband or wife of the offender.
Illustration
A, knowing that B has committed dacoity, knowingly conceals B in order to
screen him from legal punishment. Here, as B is liable to 77[ imprisonment] for
life, A is liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding
three years, and is also liable to fine.
Taking gift, etc, to
screen an offender
from punishment if a
capital offence; if
punishable with
imprisonment for life,
or with imprisonment
213. Whoever accepts or attempts to obtain, or agrees to accept, any gratification
for himself or any other person, or any restitution of property to himself or any
other person, in consideration of his 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 78[ imprisonment] for life, or with
imprisonment which may extend to ten yeas, 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 onefourth part of the longest term of
imprisonment provided for the offence, or with fine, or with both.
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