Whoever intending to facilitate or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby facilitate the commission of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life voluntarily conceals by any act or omission or by the use of encryption or any other information hiding tool the existence of a design to commit such offence or makes any representation which he knows to be false respecting such design shall if that offence be committed be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years and if the offence be not committed with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years.
ℹ️ Classification & Key Notes
New addition in BNS: explicitly includes concealment using encryption or information hiding tools. No equivalent in IPC S.118.
