IPC Section 118 — Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life

Summary

If someone hides or lies about a plan to commit a crime that is punishable by death or life imprisonment, and they do this intending to help the crime happen or knowing it will likely help, they are covered by this rule. The hiding or lying must be done through a voluntary action or an illegal failure to act. This section only describes what counts as the act of concealment or false representation about such a serious crime plan.

Official Text

Whoever intending to facilitate or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby facilitate the commission of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, voluntarily conceals, by any act or illegal omission, the existence of a design to commit such offence or makes any representation which he knows to be false respecting such design:

Related Judgments

• J STATE THROUGH SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, CBI/SIT ETC v. NALINI AND ORS. ETC. ETC. MAY 11, 1999 — Supreme Court of India (1999)
• S.C.R. 1027 1027 MOHD. FIROZ v. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH — Supreme Court of India (2022)
• BACHAN SINGH v. PUNJAB — Supreme Court of India (1983)
• SC (2024) Vol.7 p.756 — Supreme Court of India (2024)
• HP.L. CHEMICALS LTD v. COMMR. OF CENTRAL EXCISE, CHANDIGARH — Supreme Court of India (S)
• S.C.R. 1 1 SHATRUGHNA BABAN MESHRAM v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA — Supreme Court of India (2020)
• SHAIK ABDUL AZEEZ v. STATE OF KARNATAKA M — Supreme Court of India (1977)
• SC (1974) Vol.3 p.74 — Supreme Court of India (1974)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §58 — Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life