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X, a police officer investigating the murder of A, agrees to accept ₹10,00,000 from B in return for…

Section 250(a) applies where gratification is agreed to be accepted to conceal an offence or screen its offender and the underlying offence is punishable with death. It…

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X, a police officer investigating the murder of A, agrees to accept ₹10,00,000 from B in return for concealing the offence and screening B, the murderer, from punishment. What is the maximum imprisonment under section 250 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?

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Section 250(a) applies where gratification is agreed to be accepted to conceal an offence or screen its offender and the underlying offence is punishable with death. It permits imprisonment of either description up to seven years and also a fine. The amount of gratification does not change this ceiling.

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Option A

Three years is the ceiling for screening an offence punishable with life or ten years, rather than the capital-offence limb.

Option B

Murder is punishable with death; the capital-offence limb fixes seven years maximum.

Option C

Section 250 does not prescribe ten years for this conduct.

Option D

Section 250 does not prescribe life imprisonment for this conduct.

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