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Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public servant to keep in confinement any person charged with or convicted of any offence 1 [or lawfully committed to custody], negligently suffers such person to escape from confinement, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public servant to keep in confinement any person charged with or convicted of any offence <sup>1</sup> [or lawfully committed to custody], negligently suffers such person to escape from confinement, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.<br>