(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 2 January 2011.
Timeline 3 versions
- 30 March 1987 Enacted
- 30 November 2008 Revised edition
- 2 January 2011 You are here
- 17 August 2026 Latest
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]