IPC Section 222 - Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend

222. Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend

person under s entence or lawfully committed .--Whoever, being a public servant, legally bound as

such public servant to apprehend or to keep in confinement any person under sentence of a Cou rt of

Justice for any offence 2[or lawfully committed to custody], intentionally omits to apprehend such person,

or intentionally suffers such person to escape or intentionally aids such person in escaping or attempting

to escape from such confinement, shall be punished as follows, that is to say:--

with 1[imprisonment for life] or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend

to fourteen years, with or without fine, if the per son in confinement, or who ought to have been

apprehended, is under sentence of death; or

with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, with or without

fine, if the person in confinement or who ought to have been appr ehended, is subject, by a sentence of a

Court of Justice, or by virtue of a commutation of such sentence, to 1[imprisonment for life] 1*** 2***

3*** 4*** or imprisonment for a term of ten years, or upwards; or

with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or

with both, if the person in confinement or who ought to ha ve been apprehended is subject by a sentence

of a Court of Justice, to imprisonment for a term not extending to ten years 2[or if the person was lawfully

committed to custody].