PPC § 222 — Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to

Statutory text (English)

apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed. Whoever, being a public servant, legally
bound as such public servant to apprehend or to keep in confinement any person under sentence of a
Court of Justice for any offence 2[or lawfully committed to custody], intentionally omits to apprehend
such person, or intentionally suffers such person to escape or intentionally aids such person in escaping
or attempting to escape from such confinement, shall be punished as follows that is to say:—
with 1[imprisonment for life] or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to fourteen years, with or without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been
apprehended, is under sentence of death; or
with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, with or
without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been apprehended, is subject, by a
sentence of a Court of Justice, or by virtue of a commutation of such sentence, to 1[imprisonment for
life] 3* * * 4* * * 5* * * or imprisonment for a term of ten years or upwards ; or
with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with
fine, or with both, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been apprehended is subject, by
a sentence of a Court of Justice, to imprisonment for a term not extending to ten years 2[or if the person
was lawfully committed to custody].

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Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.222: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 89, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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