Penalty for disposal of body to prevent an inquest

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(1) Any person who, with the intention of preventing the holding of an inquest on a dead body which the Coroner is bound to hold under section 9, buries, cremates or otherwise disposes of it, and any person who with such intention abets such burial, cremation or disposal of a dead body shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be punished with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
(2) Such punishment shall be in addition to the punishment to which such person may be liable for any offence of which he may be found guilty in respect of the death of the deceased or under section 201 of the Indian Penal Code.

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