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Whoever, being a public servant, intending to facilitate or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby facilitate the commission of an offence which it is his duty as such public servant to prevent, 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,–– (a) if the offence be committed, be punished with imprisonment of any description provided for the offence, for a term which may extend to one-half of the longest term of such imprisonment, or with such fine as is provided for that offence, or with both; or (b) if the offence be punishable with death or imprisonment for life, with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years; or (c) if the offence be not committed, shall be punished with imprisonment of any description provided for the offence for a term which may extend to one-fourth part of the longest term of such imprisonment or with such fine as is provided for the offence, or with both. Illustration. A, an officer of police, being legally bound to give information of all designs to commit robbery which may come to his knowledge, and knowing that B designs to commit robbery, omits to give such information, with intent to so facilitate the commission of that offence. Abetting commission of offence by public or by more than ten persons. Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life. Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent. Sec. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 21 ____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Sec. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 21 (b) A, ꯄꯨꯂꯤꯁꯑꯣꯐꯤꯁꯔꯑꯃꯥꯅ, ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯀꯤꯊꯧꯗꯥꯡꯑꯁꯤꯂꯨꯠꯇꯧꯕꯊꯤꯡꯕꯅꯤ, ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯅꯂꯨꯠꯇꯧꯕꯗꯃꯇꯦꯡꯄꯥꯡꯉꯤ꯫ꯃꯐꯝ ꯑꯁꯤꯗ, ꯂꯨꯠꯇꯧꯕꯑꯗꯨꯇꯧꯗ꯭ꯔꯕꯁꯨ, A ꯑꯁꯤꯑꯔꯥꯟꯕꯑꯗꯨꯒꯤꯗꯃꯛꯄꯤꯔꯤꯕꯈ꯭ꯋꯥꯏꯗꯒꯤꯁꯥꯡꯂꯕꯃꯇꯝꯒꯤꯀꯩꯁꯨꯝꯁꯪꯒꯤꯁꯔꯨꯛ ꯃꯈꯥꯏꯑꯃꯑꯣꯏꯕꯌꯥꯏ, ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡꯐꯥꯏꯟꯁꯨꯄꯤꯕꯌꯥꯏ꯫ (c) Bꯅꯂꯨꯠꯇꯧꯕꯗꯄꯨꯂꯤꯁꯑꯣꯐꯤꯁꯔꯑꯃꯑꯣꯏꯔꯤꯕ, ꯑꯁꯤꯒꯨꯝꯕꯑꯔꯥꯟꯑꯁꯤꯊꯤꯡꯕꯅꯃꯊꯩꯑꯣꯏꯒꯗꯕAꯅꯃꯇꯦꯡꯄꯥꯡꯍ꯫ ꯃꯐꯝꯑꯁꯤꯗ, ꯂꯨꯠꯇꯧꯕꯑꯗꯨꯇꯧꯗ꯭ꯔꯕꯁꯨ, B ꯑꯁꯤꯂꯨꯠꯇꯧꯕꯒꯤꯃꯔꯥꯜꯒꯤꯗꯃꯛꯄꯤꯔꯤꯕꯈ꯭ꯋꯥꯏꯗꯒꯤꯁꯥꯡꯂꯕꯃꯇꯝꯒꯤꯀꯩꯁꯨꯝꯁꯪꯒꯤ ꯁꯔꯨꯛꯑꯃꯃꯈꯥꯏꯑꯃ, ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡꯐꯥꯏꯟꯇꯧꯕꯁꯨꯌꯥꯏ꯫