INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
207. Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in
244. Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in
execution.
207. Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as
forfeited or in execution.--Whoever fraudulently accepts, receives or
claims any property or any interest therein, knowing that he has no
right or rightful claim to such property or interest, or practices any
deception touching any right to any property or any interest therein,
intending thereby to prevent that property or interest therein from
being taken as a forfeiture or in satisfaction of a fine, under a
sentence which has been pronounced, or which he knows to be likely to
be pronounced by a Court of Justice or other competent authority, or
from being taken in execution of a decree or order which has been
made, or which he knows to be likely to be made by a Court of Justice
in a civil suit, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or
with both.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
244. Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution.—Whoever
fraudulently accepts, receives or claims any property or any interest therein, knowing that he has no right
or rightful claim to such property or interest, or practises any deception touching any right to any
property or any interest therein, intending thereby to prevent that property or interest therein from being
taken as a forfeiture or in satisfaction of a fine, under a sentence which has been pronounced, or which he
knows to be likely to be pronounced by a Court or other competent authority, or from being taken in
execution of a decree or order which has been made, or which he knows to be likely to be made by a
Court in a civil suit, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023