PPC Section 214 | Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender:

PPC Section 214

PPC Section 214: Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender:

Whoever gives or causes or offers or agrees to give or cause, any gratification to any person, or to restore or cause 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;

	if a capital offence:	shall, 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;
	if punishable with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment:	and if the offence is punishable with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment which may extend to ten years, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine; and if the offence is punishable with imprisonment not extending to fen years, shall 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 Sections 213 and 214 do not extend to any case in which the offence may lawfully be compounded

Offence	Cognizance	Summons	Bail	Punishment	Triable
Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender, if the offence be capital.	Shall not arrest without warrant.	Warrant ..	Bailable..	Imprisonment of either description for 7 years, and fine.	Court of Session
If punishable with [imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment for 10 years.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Imprisonment of either description for 3 years, and fine.	Magistrate of the first class.
If with imprisonment for less than 10 years.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Imprisonment for a quarter of the longest term, and of the description, provided for the offence, or fine, or both	Magistrate of the first class, or Court by which the offence is triable.