s 225A Public servant omitting to apprehend or suffering other persons to escape in cases not already provided for
225A. 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, 222 or 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 for a term which may extend to 3 years, or with fine, or with both; or (b) if he does so negligently, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both.