Section 264 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise provided for.

264. Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public servant to
     apprehend, or to keep in confinement, any person in any case not provided for in section 259,
     section 260 or section 261, or in any other law for the time being in force, omits to apprehend
     that person or suffers him to escape from confinement, shall be punished—
     (a) if he does so intentionally, with imprisonment of either description for a term
     which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both; and
     (b) if he does so negligently, with simple imprisonment for a term which may
     extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.