BNS 158 — Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

158. 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.

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