Section 157 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Public servant
negligently
suffering such
prisoner to
escape

  1. Whoever, being a public servant and having the custody of any State prisoner or
    prisoner of war, negligently suffers such prisoner to escape from any place of confinement in
    which such prisoner is confined, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term
    which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.