Sashastra Seema Bal Act, 2007
30. Permitting escape of person in custody.
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following
offences, namely:.
a. when in
command of a guard, picket, patrol, detachment or post, releases without proper
authority, whether wilfully or without reasonable excuse, any person committed
to his charge, or refuse to receive any prisoner or person so committed; or
b. wilfully
or without reasonable excuse allow to escape any person who is committed to his
charge, or whom it is his duty to keep or guard, shall, on conviction by a
Force Court, be liable, if he has acted wilfully, to suffer imprisonment for a
term which may extend to ten years or such less punishment as is in this Act
mentioned, and if he has not acted wilfully, to suffer imprisonment for a term
which may extend to two years or such less punishment as is in this Act
mentioned.