Public servant negligence causing a prisoner's escape attracts criminal liability with possible imprisonment and fine. Liability attaches where a public servant entrusted with the custody of a State prisoner or prisoner of war, through negligence, permits that prisoner to ... Summary
Public servant negligence causing a prisoner's escape attracts criminal liability with possible imprisonment and fine.
Liability attaches where a public servant entrusted with the custody of a State prisoner or prisoner of war, through negligence, permits that prisoner to escape from a place of confinement; the provision prescribes criminal consequences including simple imprisonment for a term and a fine for such negligent failure in custodial control.
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