Indian Penal Code, 1860
128. Public
servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape
Whoever, being a
public servant and having the custody of any State prisoner or prisoner of war,
voluntarily allows such prisoner to escape from any place in which such
prisoner is confined, shall be punished with 51[imprisonment for
life], or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten
years, and shall also be liable to fine.