IPC Section 216 — Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered

Summary

If someone who has been convicted of or charged with a crime escapes from lawful custody, or if a public servant lawfully orders someone to be arrested for an offence, then any person who knows about the escape or the arrest order and hides or shelters that person to stop them from being caught can be punished as described in this section.

Official Text

Whenever any person convicted of or charged with an offence, being in lawful custody for that offence, escapes from such custody, or whenever a public servant, in the exercise of the lawful powers of such public servant, orders a certain person to be apprehended for an offence, whoever, knowing of such escape or order for apprehension, harbours or conceals that person with the intention of preventing him from being apprehended, shall be punished in the manner following, that is to say:

Related Judgments

• STATE OF PUNJAB vs DAVINDER PAL SINGH BHULLAR & ORS. ETC — Supreme Court of India (2011)
• BHUPENDER SINGH @ BHUTTAN vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI) — Delhi High Court (2021)
• STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANR. vs BHOLA @ BHAIRON PRASAD RAGHUVANSHI — Supreme Court of India (2003)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §253 — Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered