IPC Section 221 - Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of publ ic servant bound to apprehend

221. Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of publ ic servant bound to apprehend

Whoever, being a public servant, legally bound as such public servant to apprehend or to keep in

confinement any person charged with or liable to be apprehended for an offence, 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 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 apprehended, was charged with, or liable to

be apprehended for, an offence punishable with death; or

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

fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been apprehended, was charged with, or liable to

be apprehended fo r, an offence punishable with 1[imprisonment for life] or imprisonment for a term

which may extend to ten years; or

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

fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been apprehended, was charged with, or liable to

be apprehended for, an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term less than ten years.