(a)if he does so intentionally, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years, or with fine, or with both; or
Section history
Section 225A — Public servant omitting to apprehend or suffering other persons to escape in cases not already provided for
As in force on 30 November 2008.
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The text below is this provision as reproduced in the Revised Edition that came into force on this date. A revised edition consolidates the law without changing its substance, so editorial amendments — such as renumbering, updated citations and formatting — may have been made but are not shown as a redline.
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 —
(b)if he does so negligently, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 225A]