(1) Any prisoner who assaults or uses criminal force to any prison officer or staff in execution of his duty or with intent to prevent or deter the prison officer or staff from discharging his duty, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.
(2) Any prisoner who assaults or uses criminal force to any person in the prison premises, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.
45. Any prisoner who escapes, or attempts to escape, or aids or assists any prisoner in escaping from lawful custody in the prison premises, or harbours or conceals any such prisoner who has escaped from lawful custody of a prison, or offers or attempts to offer any resistance to the recapture of such prisoner while escaping, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than two years but which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine which may extend to five lakh rupees.
46. Any prisoner, who, with the intent to cause or knowing that he is likely to cause wrongful loss or damage to any prison property, or causes the destruction of any prison property or any such change in any prison property or in the situation thereof as destroys or diminishes its value or utility or affects it injuriously, commits mischief causing damage to prison property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine which may extend to ten lakh rupees.