Identified as Md Danish, the criminal escaped after dodging the escort party while he being taken to jail for judicial custody after production before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) B K Pandey in a theft case, police inspector Mundrika Prasad said.
A manhunt has been launched to nab the absconder.
Danish was arrested in a theft case from Deep Nagar police station area in the district yesterday, Prasad said.