Section 129. Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape
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Act
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section number
129
Section reader
Indian Penal Code, 1860
129. 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.
