IPC 204 — Destruction of document to prevent its production as evidence

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

Whoever secrets or destroys any   document  which he may be lawfully compelled to produce as evidence in a Court of Justice, 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 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 two years, or with fine, or with both.

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