BBanaka

BNS Section 156: Public servant voluntarily allowing a prisoner of State or war to escape

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 7: Of Offences Against the State

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156. Whoever, being a public servant and having the custody of any State prisoner or prisoner of war, voluntarily allows such prisoner to escape from any place in which such prisoner is confined, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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Replaces IPC 128. IPC → BNS converterSource: BPR&D BNS–IPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-06-28)

Punishment, bail and trial

156Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of state or war in his custody to escape.

Punishment
Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.
Cognizable or not
Cognizable
Bailable or not
Non‑bailable
Triable by
Court of Session

Source: BNSS First Schedule, Gazette of India, 25 December 2023, p. 169. The Schedule gives the substance of the section, not its full definition, and a State may have amended the classification for its territory. See it in the full First Schedule

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