IPC 221 — Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

Whoever, being  a pubic  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 as follows, that is to say:-
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

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