Pakistan Penal Code (PPC)

PPC § 225A — Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases

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Statutory text (English)

not otherwise provided for. Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public servant to
apprehend, or to keep in confinement, any person in any case not provided for in section 221, section
222 or section 223, or in any other law for the time being in force, omits to apprehend that person or
suffers him to escape from confinement, shall be punished—
(a) if he does so intentionally, with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both; and
(b) if he does so negligently, with simple imprisonment for a term which may
extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

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Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.225A: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 90, 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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