Code
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.
