BNS Section 321 — Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors
Section 321 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
321. Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors.—Whoever dishonestly or fraudulently prevents any debt or demand due to himself or to any other person from being made available according to law for payment of his debts or the debts of such other person, shall 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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