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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 144: Exploitation of a trafficked person
- Section 60: Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
- Section 230: Giving or Fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence
- Section 42: When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
- Section 5: Commutation of sentence
Related Acts
- Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Amendment Act, 2018
- Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021
- The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
- Repealing and Amending Act, 2015
- Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Act, 2020
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