Indian Penal Code, 1860
204.
Destruction of document to prevent its production as evidence
Whoever secretes or destroys
any document which he may be lawfully compelled to produce as evidence in a
Court of Justice, or in any proceeding lawfully held before a public servant,
as such, or obligates or renders illegible the whole or any part of such
document with the intention of prevention the same from being produced or used
as evidence before such Court or public servant as aforesaid, or after he shall
have been lawfully summoned or required to produce the same for that purpose,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.