BNS Section 206 — Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding
Section 206 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
206. 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. ¶
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