Section 251 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender.

  1. 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.