Summary of Section 118 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Explained!
Legal Provisions of Section 118 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life:Sections 118, 119 and 120 of the Code deal with such abetments wherein there is concealment of design to commit an offence. This section is specifically related to concealment of such an offence which is punishable with death or imprisonment of life. ADVERTISEMENTS: The section states that whenever there is an intention on the part of an abettor to facilitate the commission of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, or he knows it to be likely that he will thereby facilitate the commission of such an offence as mentioned above, and he voluntarily conceals, either by an act or by an illegal omission, the existence of a…