BNS 320 — Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

320. Whoever  dishonestly  or  fraudulently  removes,  conceals  or
delivers  to  any  person,    or  transfers  or  causes  to  be  transferred  to  any
person, without adequate consideration, any property, intending thereby to
prevent,  or  knowing  it  to  be  likely  that  he  will  thereby  prevent,  the
distribution  of  that  property  according  to  law  among  his  creditors  or  the
creditors of any other person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which shall  not  be less than six months but which
may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for
creditors.

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