INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
130. Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner
158. Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
130. Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner.--
Whoever knowingly aids or assists any State prisoner or prisoner of
war in escaping from lawful custody, or rescues or attempts to rescue
any such prisoner, or harbours or conceals any such prisoner who has
escaped from lawful custody, or offers or attempts to offer any
resistance to the recapture of such prisoner shall be punished with
1*[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either description
for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to
fine.
Explanation.-A State prisoner or prisoner of war, who is
permitted to be at large on his parole within certain limits in
2*[India], is said to escape from lawful custody if he goes beyond the
limits within which he is allowed to be at large.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
158. Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner.—Whoever knowingly aids or assists
any State prisoner or prisoner of war in escaping from lawful custody, or rescues or attempts to rescue
any such prisoner, or harbours or conceals any such prisoner who has escaped from lawful custody, or
offers or attempts to offer any resistance to the recapture of such prisoner, shall be punished with
imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten
years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanation.—A State prisoner or prisoner of war, who is permitted to be at large on his parole
within certain limits in India, is said to escape from lawful custody if he goes beyond the limits
within which he is allowed to be at large.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023