Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend
Chapter 14: False evidence and offences against public justice
Whoever, being a public servant, legally bound as such public servant to apprehend or to keep in confinement any person charged with or liable to be apprehended for an offence, intentionally omits to apprehend such person, or intentionally suffers such person to escape, or intentionally aids such person in escaping or attempting to escape from such confinement, shall be punished,––
(a) with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, with or without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been apprehended, was charged with, or liable to be apprehended for, an offence punishable with death; or
(b) with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, with or without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been apprehended, was charged with, or liable to be apprehended for, an offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years; or
(c) with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, with or without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been apprehended, was charged with, or liable to be apprehended for, an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term less than ten years.
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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- 257Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to lawIPC 219
- 258Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to lawIPC 220
- 260Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committedIPC 222
- 261Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servantIPC 223
- 262Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehensionIPC 224