BNS156
BNS Section 156: Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape
Ch VII · Of Offences Against the State
Gazette p.61
Punishment punished with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine
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Arrest, bail & court
- Cognizable · Non-bailable · Court of Session
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS156. Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape.— 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 imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Cite as: Section 156, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)