BNS Section 244
What is the punishment for fraudulently claiming property to avoid seizure?
Short answer
The offender can be sentenced to up to two years imprisonment, a fine, or both.
In detail
If a person knowingly pretends to have a right to any property or interest, or uses deception about that right, with the purpose of stopping the property from being taken away as a forfeiture, to satisfy a fine, or to be seized under a court decree or order, the law treats this as a crime. The intention must be to prevent the property from being taken because a court has already pronounced, or is likely to pronounce, a sentence, or because a civil court is likely to issue a decree. When such fraudulent claim or deception is proved, the person can be punished with imprisonment for a term that may go up to two years, a monetary fine, or both, at the court's discretion.
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