BNS Section 251: Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender
Equivalent Legacy Law: IPC Section 214
Procedural Classification Summary
Offering gift or restoration
Bailable: Bailable (Bail is a legal right — granted at police station)
Cognizable: Non-cognizable (Police cannot arrest without warrant)
Triable by: Magistrate of the first class
Punishment: Imprisonment for 7 yearsof property in considerationand fine.class. of screening offender if the offence is punishable with death
If punishable with
Bailable: Bailable (Bail is a legal right — granted at police station)
Cognizable: Non-cognizable (Police cannot arrest without warrant)
Triable by: Magistrate of the first class
Punishment: Imprisonment for 3 yearsimprisonment for life orand fine.class. with imprisonment for 10 years
If punishable with
Bailable: Bailable (Bail is a legal right — granted at police station)
Cognizable: Non-cognizable (Police cannot arrest without warrant)
Triable by: Magistrate of the first class
Punishment: Imprisonment for one-imprisonment for lessfourth of the longest term,class. than 10 years.provided for the offence, or fine, or both
Official Legal Provision / Summary
Ditto.