Section 128 Indian Penal Code

Section 128 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is about Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape. It is under CHAPTER VI (OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE) of the Code.

Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape

Whoever, being a public servant and having the custody of any State prisoner or prisoner of war, voluntarily allows such prisoner to escape from any place in which such prisoner is confined, shall be punished with ¹ [imprisonment for life], or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.