Queen-Empress v. Lalli

Sir W. Comer Petheram, C.J and Brodhurst, J.:— In our opinion this conviction must be quashed on the ground that s. 201, Indian Penal Code, contemplates concealment or destruction of evidence [752] of a crime. In this case, if the razai had not been concealed or destroyed, its presence or existence would have been no evidence of the murder. Again, in our opinion, on the construction of the section, the person who is concerned as a principal cannot be convicted of the secondary offence of concealing evidence of the crime. The conviction must be quashed and the prisoner released.

Conviction quashed.