BNS261
BNS Section 261: Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant
Punishment punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both
Copied verbatim from the section text below.
Arrest, bail & court
- Non-cognizable · Bailable · Any Magistrate
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS261. Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant.— Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public servant to keep in confinement any person charged with or convicted of any offence or lawfully committed to custody, negligently suffers such person to escape from confinement, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Cite as: Section 261, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)