Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner
Chapter 7: Offences against the State
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.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
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- 154Committing depredation on territories of foreign State at peace with Government of IndiaIPC 126
- 155Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 153 and 154IPC 127
- 156Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escapeIPC 128
- 157Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escapeIPC 129