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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 306: Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master
- Section 62: Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment
- Section 32: Act to which a person is compelled by threats
- Section 17: Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law
- Section 127: Wrongful confinement
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