Of Offences Againstthe State
IPC Section 128 - Public servant voluntarily allowing priso ner of state or war to escape
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 128 deals with public servant voluntarily allowing priso ner of state or war to escape.
Full official legal text
128. Public servant voluntarily allowing priso ner of state or war to escape. 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 con fined, shall be punished with
2[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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