Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023
Section 261 :
Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant :
(See section 223 of IPC 1860)
Section : 261
Classification of Offence:
Offence : Escape from confinement negligently suffered by a public servant.
Punishment : Simple imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable : Non-cognizable
Bailable or Non-bailable : Bailable
Compoundable or Non-compoundable : Non-compoundable
By Which Court Triable : Any Magistrate.
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Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public servant to keep in confinement any person charged with or convicted of any offence 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.
Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC 1860)
Section 223 :
Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant:
(See section 261 of BNS 2023)
Classification of Offence:
Offence: Escape from confinement negligently suffered by a public servant.
Punishment :Imprisonment for 2 years,or fine, or both.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable :Non-cognizable
Bailable or Non-bailable :Bailable.
Compoundable or Non-compoundable : Non-compoundable
By Which Court Triable :Any Magistrate.
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Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public servant to keep in confinement any person charged with or convicted of any offence 1.[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.
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1. Ins. by Act 27 of 1870, s. 8.