Public servant permitting prisoner escape exposes official to life or long-term imprisonment and fine under the statute. An offence is created where a public servant who has custody of a State prisoner or a prisoner of war voluntarily allows that prisoner to escape from the place in which the prisoner is confined; the statute prescribes severe punishment including life or long-term imprisonment and a fine.
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Public servant permitting prisoner escape exposes official to life or long-term imprisonment and fine under the statute.
An offence is created where a public servant who has custody of a State prisoner or a prisoner of war voluntarily allows that prisoner to escape from the place in which the prisoner is confined; the statute prescribes severe punishment including life or long-term imprisonment and a fine.
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