Section 204. Destruction of document to prevent its production as evidence
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Act
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section number
204
Section reader
Indian Penal Code, 1860
204. Destruction of document to prevent its production as evidence
Whoever secretes or destroys any document which he may be lawfully compelled to produce as evidence in a Court of Justice, or in any proceeding lawfully held before a public servant, as such, or obligates or renders illegible the whole or any part of such document with the intention of prevention the same from being produced or used as evidence before such Court or public servant as aforesaid, or after he shall have been lawfully summoned or required to produce the same for that purpose, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
