Section 172. Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding

CHAPTER X OF CONTEMPTS OF THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS 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).