Section 156 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Public servant
voluntarily
allowing
prisoner of
State or war to
escape

  1. 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.