Section 172. Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding
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Act
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section number
172
Section reader
Indian Penal Code, 1860
172. Absconding to avoid service of summons or 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 produce a document 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.
