BNS251
BNS Section 251: Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender
Punishment punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine; punished with imprisonment of the description provided for the offence 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
Copied verbatim from the section text below.
Arrest, bail & court
- Non-cognizable · Bailable · Magistrate of the first class (Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening punishable with death)
- Non-cognizable · Bailable · Magistrate of the first class (If punishable with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for 10 years)
- Non-cognizable · Bailable · Magistrate of the first class (If punishable with imprisonment for less than 10 years)
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS251. Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender.— Whoever gives or causes, or offers or agrees to give or cause, any gratification to any person, or restores or causes 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, — (a) 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; (b) if the offence is punishable with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment which may extend to ten years, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine; (c) if the offence is punishable with imprisonment not extending to ten years, be punished with imprisonment of the description provided for the offence 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 this section and section 250 do not extend to any case in which the offence may lawfully be compounded.
Cite as: Section 251, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)