Section 225A · Section 225A. Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise, provided for
1[Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public servant to apprehend, or to keep in confinement, any person in any case not provided for in section 221, section 222 or section 223, or in any other law for the time being in force, omits to apprehend that person or suffers him to escape from confinement, shall be punished—
(a) if he does so intentionally, with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine or with both; and
(b) if he does so negligently, with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
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1. Subs. by Act 10 of 1886, s. 24(1), for section 225A which had been ins. by Act 27 of 1870, s. 9.
The offence at a glance
- Punishment
- up to 3 years, fine (no stated ceiling)
- Cognizable
- Non-cognizable
- Bailable
- Bailable
- Compoundable
- Not compoundable
- Non-cognizable — Police cannot investigate without a Magistrate's order
- Bailable — Bail is your right — it can be granted at the police station
Sub-sections of this section carry different penalties; the maximum is shown.
From the First Schedule to the BNSS (the CrPC's, for IPC offences)
In the new law
IPC 225ABNS 264
264. Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise provided for.
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Related sections of law
- RelatedIPC §221Section 221. Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend
- RelatedIPC §222Section 222. Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed
- RelatedIPC §223Section 223. Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant
How this section has changed
The law that applies is the law as it stood on the date of the offence — which is why this timeline matters.
- 1886Substituted
By: Act 10 of 1886
The text in force on the date of the offence is the text that applies — a later amendment does not reach back.