IPC § 120 · Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Repealed on 1 July 2024

Section 120 IPC — Concealing design to commit offence punishable with impris­onment

Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNS 60 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the IPC.

The law now: BNS 60 — Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment

Whoever, intending to facilitate or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby facilitate the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment, 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 shall,—

(a) if the offence be committed, be punished with imprisonment of the description provided for the offence, for a term which may extend to one-fourth; and

(b) if the offence be not committed, to one-eighth, of the longest term of such imprisonment, or with such fine as is provided for the offence, or with both.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNS 60 in full

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