ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY
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The provisions relating to an attempt to escape from custody are contained in sections 224,225, and 225-B of the pakistan penal code.
They provide punishment :
(a). for a person resisting or obstructing the lawful apprehension of himself for any offence with which he is charged or of which he has been convicted, orescaping or attempting to escape from legal custody. ............... imprisonment upto two years with fin or with both.
(b). resisting or obstructing lawful apprehension of another person for an offence or rescuing or attempting to rescue himfrom legal custody......... punishment upto two years or with fine, but if the person to be apprehended is charged for an offence punishable :
(1). with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for ten years.
(2). or with death
the sentence provided is upto three years and seven years respectively and
(c). resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension or escape or rescue in cases not covered by the above two provisions........ imprisonment upto six months or with fine.
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