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Penal Code (XLV of 1860)---
----S. 201---Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender---Pre-requisites---To constitute the offence under S.201 P.P.C., three essential ingredients were required to be proved: firstly, the accused must know or should have reason to believe that an offence had taken place; secondly, the accused by his action or in action prevented evidence of commission of the offence to be concealed; and thirdly, the action or inaction of the accused must be with the intention to prevent the actual perpetrator of the offence from being punished or, with the same intention of saving the actual perpetrator from punishment, rendered information regarding the offence knowing or believing the same to be false.
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