IPC Section 207 — Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution

Summary

A person commits an offence under this section if they fraudulently accept, receive, or claim ownership of any property or interest in property, knowing they have no legal right to it, or if they deceive someone about their right to property. They must do this with the intention of preventing that property from being taken by a court as a forfeiture, to satisfy a fine after a sentence, or to satisfy a court decree or order in a civil case. The punishment for this offence can be imprisonment for up to two years, a fine, or both.

Official Text

Whoever fraudulently accepts, receives or claims any property or any interest therein, knowing that he has no right or rightful claim to such property or interest, or practices any deception touching any right to any property or any interest therein, intending thereby to prevent that property or interest therein from being taken as a forfeiture or in satisfaction of a fine, under a sentence which has been pronounced, or which he knows to be likely to be pronounced by a Court of Justice or other competent authority, or from being taken in execution of a decree or order which has been made, or which he knows to be likely to be made by a Court of Justice in a civil suit, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §244 — Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution