Section 118State of Jammu-Kashmir Act
Section 118: Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life
Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life.
- 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 illegal omission, the existence of a design to commit such offence or makes any representation which he knows to be false respecting such design.If offence be committed; if offence be not Committed. - shall, if that offence be committed, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or, if the offence be not committed, with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years; and in either case shall also be liable to fine.IllustrationA, 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.Previous
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