IPC 223 — Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

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.

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