BNS Section 252 — Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc
Section 252 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
252. Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc.—Whoever takes or agrees or consents to take any gratification under pretence or on account of helping any person to recover any movable property of which he shall have been deprived by any offence punishable under this Sanhita, shall, unless he uses all means in his power to cause the offender to be apprehended and convicted of the offence, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. ¶
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