Section 38
Escape from custody.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the governance of the Assam Rifles, an Armed Force of the Union for ensuring the security of the borders of India, to carry out Counter Insurgency Operations in the specified areas and to act in aid of civil authorities for the maintenance of the law and order and for matters connected therewith.
Any person subject to this Act who, being in lawful custody, escapes or
attempts to escape, shall on conviction by an Assam Rifles Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a
term which may extend to three years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.