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Section 156 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
156. Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape.
Whoever, being a public servant and having the custody of any State prisoner or prisoner of war, voluntarily allows such prisoner to escape from any place in which such prisoner is confined, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Related Sections
- Section 142: Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person
- Section 296: Obscene acts and songs
- Section 39: When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
- Section 127: Wrongful confinement
- Section 155: Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 153 and 154
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