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Section 157 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
157. Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape.
Whoever, being a public servant and having the custody of any State prisoner or prisoner of war, negligently suffers such prisoner to escape from any place of confinement in which such prisoner is confined, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Related Sections
- Section 354: Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure
- Section 74: Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty
- Section 190: Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object
- Section 79: Word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman
- Section 217: False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to injury of another person
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