IPC Section 129 — Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape

Summary

If you are a public official responsible for guarding a state prisoner or a prisoner of war, and you carelessly allow that prisoner to escape from where they are held, you can be punished with simple imprisonment for up to three years and also be fined.

Official Text

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 prisoner is confined, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Related Judgments

• ... Appellant vs 1.Deenadayalan — Madras High Court (2003)
• MANORAMA TIWARI AND OTHERS v. SURENDRANATH RAI — Supreme Court of India (2015)
• S.C.R. 205 MANISH TRIVEDI v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN — Supreme Court of India (2013)
• S.C.R. 525 STATE OF KARNATAKA v. SELVI J. JAYALALITHA & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2017)
• STATE v. GHASEETA RAM — Supreme Court of India (1997)
• K. VEERASW AMI v. A UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS JULY 25, 1991 — Supreme Court of India (1991)
• .. Petitioner vs 1. The Home Secretary, — Madras High Court (2003)
• SUNIL GUPTA AND ORS. A v. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ORS. MAY 2, 1990 — Supreme Court of India (1990)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §157 — Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape