IPC Section 201 — Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender

Summary

If a person knows or believes that a crime has happened, and they deliberately make any proof of that crime vanish in order to protect the person who did it from being punished, or if they give false information about the crime with that same intention, they are covered by this provision.

Official Text

Whoever, knowing or having reason to believe that an offence has been committed, causes any evidence of the commission of that offence to disappear, with the intention of screening the offender from legal punishment, or with that intention gives any information respecting the offence which he knows or believes to be false;

Related Judgments

• S.C.R. 711 STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS ETC v. ANIL KUMAR AND OTHERS ETC — Supreme Court of India (2017)
• F-GI V.L. TRESA v. STATE OF KERA LA — Supreme Court of India (2001)
• HP.L. CHEMICALS LTD v. COMMR. OF CENTRAL EXCISE, CHANDIGARH — Supreme Court of India (S)
• STA TE OF KARNATAKA A v. MADESHA AND ORS — Supreme Court of India (2007)
• S.C.R. 227 ASOKE KUMAR CHAUDHURI AND OTHERS v. KUNAL SAHA AND ANOTHER — Supreme Court of India (2016)
• T.K. LATHIKA v. SETH KARSANDAS JAMNADAS AUGUST 31, 1999 — Supreme Court of India (S)
• M/S. CONTINENTAL CONSTRUCTION LTD v. STATE OF U.P. SEPTEMBER 22, 2003 — Supreme Court of India (S)
• S.C.R. 825 PADMINI MAHENDRABHAI GADDA v. STATE OF GUJARAT — Supreme Court of India (2017)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §238 — Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender