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Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860).
Receiving property
taken by war or
depredation
mentioned in sections
125 and 126
127. Whoever receives any property knowing the same to have been taken in the
commission of any of the offences mentioned in sections 125 and 126, shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
seven years, and shall also be liable to fine and to forfeiture of the property so
received.
Public servant
voluntarily allowing
prisoner of State or
war to escape
128. Whoever, being a public servant and having the custody of any State
prisoner or prisoner of war, voluntarily allows such prisoner to escape from any
place in which such prisoner is confined, shall be punished with 54[ imprisonment]
for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten
years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Public servant
negligently suffering
such prisoner to
escape
129. 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.
Aiding escape of,
130. Whoever knowingly aids or assists any State prisoner or prisoner of war in
escaping from lawful custody, or rescues or attempts to rescue any such prisoner,
or harbours or conceals any such prisoner who has escaped from lawful custody,
or offers or attempts to offer any resistance to the recapture of such prisoner
rescuing or
harbouring such
prisoner
shall be punished with 55[ imprisonment] for life, or with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to
fine.
Explanation.A State prisoner or prisoner of war, who is permitted to be at large
on his parole within certain limits in Bangladesh, is said to escape from lawful
custody if he goes beyond the limits within which he is allowed to be at large.
CHAPTER VII
OF OFFENCES RELATING TO THE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE
Abetting mutiny, or
131. Whoever abets the committing of mutiny by an officer, soldier, sailor or
airman, in the Army, Navy or Air Force of Bangladesh, or attempts to seduce any
such officer, soldier, sailor or airman from his allegiance or his duty, shall be
attempting to seduce
a soldier, sailor or
airman from his duty
punished with 56[ imprisonment] for life, or with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to
fine.
Explanation.In this section the words "officer", “soldier", "sailor" and "airman"
include any person subject to the 57[ Army Act, 1952 or the Navy Ordinance,
1961 or the Air Force Act, 1953], as the case may be.
Abetment of mutiny,
if mutiny is
committed in
consequence thereof
132. Whoever abets the committing of mutiny by an officer, soldier, sailor or
airman, in the Army, Navy or Air Force of Bangladesh, shall, if mutiny be
committed in consequence of that abetment, be punished with death or with 58[
imprisonment] for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which
may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Abetment of assault
by soldier, sailor or
airman on his
superior officer, when
in execution of his
office
133. Whoever, abets an assault by an officer, soldier, sailor or airman, in the
Army, Navy or Air Force of Bangladesh, on any superior officer being in the
execution of his office, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description
for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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