BBanaka

BNS Section 58: Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 4: Of Abetment, Criminal Conspiracy and Attempt

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58. 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 omission, or by the use of encryption or any other information hiding tool, the existence of a design to commit such offence or makes any representation which he knows to be false respecting such design shall,––

(a) if that offence be committed, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years; or

(b) if the offence be not committed, with imprisonment of either description, for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Illustration.
A, knowing that dacoity is about to be committed at B, falsely informs the Magistrate that a dacoity is about to be committed at C, a place in an opposite direction, and thereby misleads the Magistrate with intent to facilitate the commission of the offence. The dacoity is committed at B in pursuance of the design. A is punishable under this section.

Study: explanations and related material

Replaces IPC 118. IPC → BNS converterSource: BPR&D BNS–IPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-06-28)

Punishment, bail and trial

58(a)Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, if the offence be committed.

Punishment
Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.
Cognizable or not
According as offence abetted is cognizable or non-cognizable
Bailable or not
Non‑bailable
Triable by
Court by which offence abetted is triable

58(b)If offence be not committed.

Punishment
Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.
Cognizable or not
According as offence abetted is cognizable or non-cognizable
Bailable or not
Bailable
Triable by
Court by which offence abetted is triable

Source: BNSS First Schedule, Gazette of India, 25 December 2023, p. 159. The Schedule gives the substance of the section, not its full definition, and a State may have amended the classification for its territory. See it in the full First Schedule

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