Section 156 BNS or Section 156 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita talks about “Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape.“
Section 156 of BNS is part of CHAPTER VII OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE in Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Act
Definition of Section 156 BNS
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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