BNS 241 — Destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

241. Whoever secretes  or  destroys  any  document  or  electronic
record  which  he  may  be  lawfully  compelled  to  produce  as  evidence  in  a
Court or in any proceeding lawfully held before a public servant, as such,
or obliterates or renders illegible the whole or any part of such document
or electronic record with the intention of preventing the same from being
produced  or  used  as  evidence  before  such  Court  or  public  servant  as
aforesaid,  or  after  he  shall  have  been  lawfully  summoned  or  required  to
produce the same for that purpose, shall be punished with imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine
which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.
False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or
prosecution.

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