Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023
Section 265 :
Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for :
(See section 225B of IPC 1860)
Section : 265
Classification of Offence:
Offence : Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension, or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for.
Punishment : Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable : Cognizable
Bailable or Non-bailable : Bailable
Compoundable or Non-compoundable : Non-compoundable
By Which Court Triable : Any Magistrate.
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Whoever, in any case not provided for in section 262 or section 263 or in any other law for the time being in force, intentionally offers any resistance or illegal obstruction to the lawful apprehension of himself or of any other person, or escapes or attempts to escape from any custody in which he is lawfully detained, or rescues or attempts to rescue any other person from any custody in which that person is lawfully detained, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC 1860)
Section 225B :
1.[Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension, or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for:
(See section 265 of BNS 2023)
Classification of Offence:
Offence: Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension, or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for.
Punishment :Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable :Cognizable
Bailable or Non-bailable :Bailable
Compoundable or Non-compoundable : Non-compoundable
By Which Court Triable :Any Magistrate.
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Whoever in any case not provided for in Section 224 or Section 225 or in any other law for the time being in force, intentionally offers any resistance or illegal obstruction to the lawful apprehension of himself for of any other person, or escapes or attempts to escape from any custody in which he is lawfully detained, or rescues or attempts to rescue any other person from any custody in which that person is lawfully detained, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.].
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1. Subs. by Act 10 of 1886, s. 24(1), for section 225A which had been ins. by Act 27 of 1870, s. 9.