INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
225A. Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public
264. Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public
servant, in cases not otherwise, provided for.
5*[225A. Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on
part of public servant, in cases not otherwise, provided for.--
Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public servant
to apprehend, or to keep in confinement, any person in any case not
provided for in section 221, section 222 or section 223, or in any
other law for the time being in force, omits to apprehend that person
or suffers him to escape from confinement, shall be punished-
(a) if he does so intentionally, with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to three years, or with
fine or with both; and
(b) if he does so negligently, 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Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860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
264. Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not
otherwise provided for.—Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public servant to
apprehend, or to keep in confinement, any person in any case not provided for in section 259, section 260
or section 261, or in any other law for the time being in force, omits to apprehend that person or suffers
him to escape from confinement, shall be punished—
(a) if he does so intentionally, with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to three years, or with fine, or with both; and
(b) if he does so negligently, with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two
years, or with fine, or with both.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023