BNS Section 221 – Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend
Chapter 12: Offences by or Relating to Public Servants ·
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 221
IPC S.221
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 is charged with or liable to be apprehended for an offence punishable with death and with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years with or without fine if the person in confinement or who ought to have been apprehended is charged with or liable to be apprehended for an offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for ten years or upwards and 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 is charged with or liable to be apprehended for any other offence.
ℹ️ Classification & Key Notes
Up to 7 years with or without fine for capital offences. Up to 3 years with or without fine for life/10+ year offences. Up to 2 years with or without fine for other offences.
