This section covers absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
CHAPTER XIII
OF CONTEMPTS OF THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS
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, ––
(a) shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both;
(b) where such summons or notice or order is to attend in person or by agent, or to produce a document or an electronic record in a Court shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both.
What was the old IPC code for Section 206 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding was covered in S. 172*.