Indian Penal Code : Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner. Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Penal Code,1860

Act No : 45

Section : Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner.

130. Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner.--Whoever knowingly aids or assists any State prisoner or prisoner ofwar in escaping from lawful custody, or rescues or attempts to rescueany such prisoner, or harbours or conceals any such prisoner who hasescaped from lawful custody, or offers or attempts to offer anyresistance to the recapture of such prisoner shall be punished with1*[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either descriptionfor a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable tofine. Explanation.-A State prisoner or prisoner of war, who ispermitted to be at large on his parole within certain limits in2*[India], is said to escape from lawful custody if he goes beyond thelimits within which he is allowed to be at large.