## IPC 223

### IPC 223 — Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/223

> 223. Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant.-Whoever,
being a public servant legally bound as such public servant to keep in confinement any person charged
with or convicted of any offence 6[or lawfully committed to custody], negligently suffers such person to
escape from confinement, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to
two years, or with fine, or with both.