BNS 261 — Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

261. Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public
servant  to  keep  in  confinement  any  person  charged  with or  convicted  of
any  offence  or  lawfully  committed  to  custody,  negligently  suffers  such
person  to  escape  from  confinement,  shall  be  punished  with  simple
imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or
with both.
 Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension.

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