Section 157: Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape

Corresponding IPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

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1. 1. A, a public servant having the custody of a prisoner of war, negligently suffers the prisoner to escape from the place of confinement. A is punishable under the BNS with

   A.fine only, since the escape was not voluntarily allowedB.simple imprisonment which may extend to three years, and fineC.imprisonment of either description which may extend to seven years, and fineD.imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either description which may extend to ten years, and fine
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