Penal Code
2008 Ed.
CAP. 224
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offence, or rescues or attempts to rescue any other person from any
custody in which that person is lawfully detained for an offence —
(a) shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to 5 years, or with fine, or with both;
(b) if the person to be apprehended, or the person rescued, or
attempted to be rescued, is charged with or liable to be
apprehended or an offence punishable with imprisonment for
life or imprisonment for a term which may extend to 20
years, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which
may extend to 7 years, and shall also be liable to fine;
(c) if the person to be apprehended or rescued, or attempted to be
rescued, is charged with or liable to be apprehended for an
offence punishable with death, shall be punished with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years,
and shall also be liable to fine;
(d) if the person to be apprehended or rescued, or attempted to be
rescued, is liable, under the sentence of a court of justice, or
by virtue of a commutation of such a sentence, to
imprisonment for a term of 10 years or upwards, shall be
punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
10 years, and shall also be liable to fine; or
(e) if the person to be apprehended or rescued, or attempted to be
rescued, is under sentence of death, shall be punished with
imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 15 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
[51/2007]
[Indian PC 1860, s. 225]
Public servant omitting to apprehend or suffering other persons
to escape in cases not already provided for
225A. Whoever, being a public servant, legally bound as such
public servant to apprehend or to keep in confinement any person in
any case not provided for in section 221, 222 or 223, or in any other
law for the time being in force, omits to apprehend that person, or
suffers him to escape from confinement, shall be punished —
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