## IPC 172

### IPC 172 — Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/172

> 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 2[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.

1. The proviso ins. by Act 24 of 2003, s. 5 (w.e.f. 22-9-2003).
2. Subs. by Act 21 of 2000, s. 91 and the First Sch., for "produce a document in a Court of Justice" (w.e.f. 17-10-2000).
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