BNS 264 — Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise provided for.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

264. Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public
servant to apprehend, or to keep in confinement, any person in any case
not provided for in section 259, section 260 or section 261, or in any other
law for the time being in force, omits to apprehend that person or suffers
him to escape from confinement, shall be punished—

 (a)  if  he  does  so  intentionally,  with  imprisonment  of  either
description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine,
or with both; and
(b)  if he  does  so  negligently,  with  simple  imprisonment  for  a
term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Resistance  or  obstruction  to  lawful  apprehension  or  escape  or
rescue in cases not otherwise provided for.

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