IPC Section 130 - Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner

130. Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner. Whoever knowingly aids or assists

any State prisoner or prisoner of war in escaping from lawful custody, or rescues or attempts to rescue

any such prisoner, or harbours or conceals any such prisoner who has escaped from lawful custody, or

offers or attempts to offer any resistance to the recapture of such pris oner, shall be punished with

2[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten

years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Explanation.-- A State prisoner or prisoner of war, who is permitted to be at large on his pa role

within certain limits in 3[India], is said to escape from lawful custody if he goes beyond the limits within

which he is allowed to be at large.

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