BNS Section 251 - Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender

251. 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.