INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
223. Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public
261. Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public
servant.
223. Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by
public servant.--Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such
public servant to keep in confinement any person charged with or
convicted of any offence 2*[or lawfully committed to custody],
negligently suffers such person to escape from confinement, shall be
punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two
years, or with fine, or with both.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
261. Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant.—Whoever,
being a public servant legally bound as such public servant to keep in confinement any person charged
with or convicted of any offence or lawfully committed to custody, negligently suffers such person to
escape from confinement, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to
two years, or with fine, or with both.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023