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Section 342: Punishment for allowing civil prisoner to escape

The Rajasthan Prisons Rules, 2022State Rules of Rajasthan · 1894

(1) Any Jail officer who may intentionally or negligently facilitate a civil prisoner to escape is liable to be punished under section 222 or 223 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Central Act No. 45 of 1860) as the case may be.

(2) The civil prisoner by escaping commits an offence under section 225B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and on the occurrence of an escape of a civil prisoner, intimation shall be given to the judgment creditor who may, if he be able to ascertain the whereabouts of the prisoner shall assist the jail authorities and the police in recapturing him.

(3) On recapture after escape, or on the occurrence of an attempt to escape, the prisoner shall be prosecuted before a criminal court under section 225B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Central Act No. 45 of 1860).

563 राजस्ााू राज-पत्र दिसम् बर 12 2022 भाग 4 (ग)

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ActThe Rajasthan Prisons Rules, 2022
Section342
Marginal notePunishment for allowing civil prisoner to escape
JurisdictionState of Rajasthan
StatusIn force as published by the source

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