BNS 157 — Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

157. Whoever, being a public servant and having the custody of any
State  prisoner  or  prisoner  of  war,  negligently  suffers  such  prisoner  to
escape from any place of confinement in which such prisoner is confined,
shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend
to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner.

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