BNS157
BNS Section 157: Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape
Ch VII · Of Offences Against the State
Gazette p.61
Punishment punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine
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Arrest, bail & court
- Cognizable · Bailable · Magistrate of the first class
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS157. Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape.— 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.
Cite as: Section 157, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)