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IPC Section 225B - Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension, or escape or rescue in cas es not
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IPC Section 225B deals with resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension, or escape or rescue in cas es not.
Full official legal text
225B. Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension, or escape or rescue in cas es not
otherwise provided for.--Whoever, in any case not provided for in section 224 or section 225 or in any
other law for the time being in force, intentionally offers any resistance or illegal obstruction to the lawful
apprehension of himself or of any other person, or escapes or attempts to escape from any custody in
which he is lawfully detained, or rescues or attempts to rescue any other person from any custody in
which that person is lawfully detained, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a
term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.]
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