Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
कलम 263
Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person
Whoever, intentionally offers any resistance or illegal obstruction to the lawful apprehension of any other person for an offence, or rescues or attempts to rescue any other person from any custody in which that person is lawfully detained for an offence,—
(a) shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both; or
(b) if the person to be apprehended, or the person rescued or attempted to be rescued, is charged with or liable to be apprehended for an offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine; or
(c) if the person to be apprehended or rescued, or attempted to be rescued, is charged with or liable to be apprehended for an offence punishable with death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; or
(d) if the person to be apprehended or rescued, or attempted to be rescued, is liable under the sentence of a Court or by virtue of a commutation of such a sentence, to imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for a term of ten years or upwards, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; or
(e) if the person to be apprehended or rescued, or attempted to be rescued, is under sentence of death, shall be punished with imprisonment for life or imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
पडताळणी प्रलंबित
हे का आहे
जसे स्वतःच्या अटकेस विरोध करणे गुन्हा आहे, तसेच इतरास वैध कोठडीतून पळविणेही न्यायव्यवस्थेच्या मूळ कार्यावर आघात करते — आणि कदाचित अधिक गंभीर, कारण यात तिसरी व्यक्ती जाणीवपूर्वक इतराच्या वतीने कायद्याला हरवते. शिक्षेची पातळी तळातील गुन्ह्याच्या गंभीरतेशी अनुरूप ठेवली आहे: किरकोळ गुन्ह्यात आरोप असलेल्या व्यक्तीस मोकळे करणे हे मृत्युदंडास पात्र गुन्ह्यात आरोप असलेल्या व्यक्तीस मोकळे करण्याइतके कठोर मानले जात नाही, कारण समाजाला होणारा धोका त्या आरोपाच्या तीव्रतेनुसार वाढतो. ही मांडणी भारतीय दंड संहिता (IPC) च्या कलम 225 मधील जुन्या स्तरित रचनेला पुढे नेते.
सामान्य गृहितके
धरण: मित्र किंवा नातलगाला पोलिस कोठडीतून पळविणे, जरी तुमच्यावर मूळ गुन्ह्याचा आरोप नसेल, तरीही किरकोळ प्रकार मानला जातो असे समजू नका.
घटना: एखाद्याला पळून जाण्यास मदत करण्याची शिक्षा, त्या व्यक्तीवर आरोप असलेल्या गुन्ह्याच्या गंभीरतेनुसार वाढत जाते; आणि जर त्या व्यक्तीवर मृत्युदंडास पात्र गुन्ह्याचा आरोप असेल, तर शिक्षा आजीवन कैदेपर्यंत पोहोचू शकते.