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Section 172 Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860

Section 172 Indian Penal Code

Section 172 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is about Absconding to avoid service of summons of other proceeding. It is under CHAPTER X (OF CONTEMPTS OF THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS) of the Code.

Absconding to avoid service of summons of other proceeding

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 fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.

See also  Section 493 Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860

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