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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 172

ABSCONDING TO AVOID SERVICE OF SUMMONS OR OTHER PROCEEDINGS Whoever absconds in order to avoid being served with a

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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 172 is part of The Indian Penal Code 1860 - ABSCONDING TO AVOID SERVICE OF SUMMONS OR OTHER PROCEEDINGS Whoever absconds in order to avoid being served with a. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 172: ABSCONDING TO AVOID SERVICE OF SUMMONS OR OTHER PROCEEDINGS Whoever absconds in order to avoid being served with a summons, notice or order, proceeding from any public servant legally competent, as such public servant, to issue such summons, notice or order, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both; or, if the summons or notice or order is to attend in person or by agent, or to 1[ produce a document or an electronic record in a Court of Justice ], with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with finewhich may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both. Substituted by Information Technology Act 2000, w.e.f 17-10-2000

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Section Section 172 of the The Indian Penal Code 1860 (ABSCONDING TO AVOID SERVICE OF SUMMONS OR OTHER PROCEEDINGS Whoever absconds in order to avoid being served with a) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Indian Penal Code 1860. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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