IPC 223 vs BNS 261: Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant
Section 223 of the Indian Penal Code is now section 261 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, in force from 1 July 2024. The wording is the same.
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IPC section 223Escape 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.
BNS section 261Escape 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.
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