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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 221

INTENTIONAL OMISSION TO APPREHEND ON THE PART OF PUBLIC SERVANT BOUND TO APPREHEND Whoever, being a public servant,

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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 221 is part of The Indian Penal Code 1860 - INTENTIONAL OMISSION TO APPREHEND ON THE PART OF PUBLIC SERVANT BOUND TO APPREHEND Whoever, being a public servant,. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 221: INTENTIONAL OMISSION TO APPREHEND ON THE PART OF PUBLIC SERVANT BOUND TO APPREHEND Whoever, being a public servant, legally bound as such public servant to apprehend or to keep in confinement any person charged with or liable to be apprehended for an offence, intentionally omits to apprehend such person, or intentionally suffers such person to escape, or intentionally aids such person in escaping or attempting to escape from such confinement, shall be punished as follows, that is to say; with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years with or without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been apprehended, was charged with, or liable to be apprehended for, an offence punishable with death; or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, with or without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been apprehended was charged with, or liable to be apprehended for, an offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years; or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, with or without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been apprehended, was charged with, or liable to be apprehended for, an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term less than ten years.

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Section Section 221 of the The Indian Penal Code 1860 (INTENTIONAL OMISSION TO APPREHEND ON THE PART OF PUBLIC SERVANT BOUND TO APPREHEND Whoever, being a public servant,) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Indian Penal Code 1860. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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