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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 213: Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it
- Section 132: Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty
- Section 352: Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace
- Section 212: Furnishing False information
- Section 177: Failure to keep election accounts
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