The IPC 1860 was replaced by the BNS 2023 (in force 2024-07-01); no verified section mapping on file for Section 223 — confirm the corresponding provision (savings: Section 358, BNS 2023).
Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public servant to keep in confinement any person charged with or convicted of any offence or lawfully committed to custody, negligently suffers such person to escape from confinement, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCE Punishment--Simple imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both--Non-cognizable--Bailable--Triable by any Magistrate--Non-compoundable.