Section 207
Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
of Penal Code
Whoever -
(a)
fraudulently accepts, receives or claims any property or any interest therein, knowing that he has no right or rightful claim to such property or interest; or
(b)
practises any deception touching any right to any property or any interest therein, intending thereby to prevent that property or interest therein from being taken -
(i)
as a forfeiture or in satisfaction of a fine, under a sentence which has been pronounced, or which he knows to be likely to be pronounced, by a Court of
Justice or other competent authority; or
(ii)
in execution of a decree or order which has been made, or which he knows to be likely to be made by a Court of Justice in a civil suit, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, fine or both.