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Section 223 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
223. Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant
Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public servant to keep in confinement any person charged with or convicted of any offence 120[or lawfully committed to custody], negligently suffers such person to escape from confinement, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Related Sections
- Section 301: Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended
- Section 277: Fouling water of public spring or reservoir
- Section 443: Lurking house-trespass
- Section 368: Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person
- Section 236: Abetting in India the counterfeiting out of India of coin
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