INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
128. Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of state or war to
156. Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of state or war to
escape.
128. Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of state or war
to escape.--Whoever, being a public servant and having the custody of
any State prisoner or prisoner of war, voluntarily allows such
prisoner to escape from any place in which such prisoner is confined,
shall be punished with 7*[imprisonment for life], or imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall
also be liable to fine.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
156. Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape.—Whoever, being a
public servant and having the custody of any State prisoner or prisoner of war, voluntarily allows such
prisoner to escape from any place in which such prisoner is confined, shall be punished with
imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years,
and shall also be liable to fine.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023