Section 177 - “False Translation:” Whoever knowingly makes a false translation of
the evidence of a witness or of the statement of an accused person or of a
party to a civil suit or makes a false translation or copy of any document
which may be used as evidence with the intention that such translation or
copy shall be used in any manner in any judicial proceeding or knowing
that it is likely to be so used, and whoever knowingly uses such translation
or copy in any manner in any judicial proceeding commits an offence and
shall on conviction, be punished in the same manner as if he gave false
evidence.
Section 178 - “Destruction of Document to Prevent its Production as Evidence”
Whoever secretes or destroys and document, which he may be lawfully
compelled to produce as evidence in Court or in any proceeding lawfully
held before a public servant as such, or obliterates or renders illegible the
whole or any part of such document with the intention of preventing 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, commits an offence and
shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not
exceeding three years or with fine or with both.
Section 179 - “Screening or Harbouring Offender”: Whoever knowingly or having
reason to believe that an offence has been committed, causes any evidence
of the commission of that offence to disappear with the intention of
screening the offender from legal punishment, or gives any information
respecting the offence which he knows or believes to be false, or harbours
or conceals a person whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the
offender with the intention of screening such person from legal
punishment or prevents his arrest, commits an offence and shall on
conviction:(a)
if the offence which he knows or believes to have been committed
is punishable with death or with imprisonment for more than ten years, be
punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and may
also be liable to fine;
(b)
if the offence is punishable with imprisonment for a term which
extends to ten years, be punished with imprisonment for a term not
exceeding three years and may also be liable to fine;
(c)
if the offence is punishable with imprisonment for any term not
extending to ten years, be punished with imprisonment for a term not
exceeding one-fourth of the longest term of the imprisonment provided for
the offence or with fine or with both;
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