IPC 225A vs BNS 264: Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise, provided for
Section 225A of the Indian Penal Code is now section 264 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, in force from 1 July 2024. 97% of the old wording is kept; 3 words removed and 3 words added.
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IPC section 225AOmission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise, provided for
Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public servant to apprehend, or to keep in confinement, any person in any case not provided for in section 221, section 222 or section 223, or in any other law for the time being in force, omits to apprehend that person or suffers him to escape from confinement, shall be punished— (a) if he does so intentionally, with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both; and (b) if he does so negligently, with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
BNS section 264Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise provided for
Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public servant to apprehend, or to keep in confinement, any person in any case not provided for in section 259, section 260 or section 261, or in any other law for the time being in force, omits to apprehend that person or suffers him to escape from confinement, shall be punished— (a) if he does so intentionally, with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both; and (b) if he does so negligently, with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
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