Section 56 — Penalty for abetting escape of child or juvenile offender.

56. Penalty for abetting escape of child or juvenile offender –

Whoever –

(a) Knowingly assists or induces, directly or indirectly a child or
juvenile offender detained in a children’s home, certified school or fit
person institution to escape from such home, school or institution or
any child to escape from the custody of the person to whose care he
has been committed under the provisions of this Act; or

(b) Knowingly harbours, conceals, or prevents from returning to
such home, school or institution or to any person with whom he is
placed out on licence or to whose care he is committed under this
Act, a child or juvenile offender who has so escaped or knowingly
assists in so doing, shall on conviction, be punished with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with
fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both.