Of Offences Againstthe State
IPC Section 129 - Public servant negligently suff ering such prisoner to escape
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 129 deals with public servant negligently suff ering such prisoner to escape.
Full official legal text
129. Public servant negligently suff ering such prisoner to escape. Whoever, being a public
servant and having the custody of any State prisoner or prisoner of war, negligently suffers such prisoner
to escape from any place of confinement in which such pri soner is confined, shall be punished with
simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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