IPC Section 172 - Absconding to avoid service o f summons or other proceeding

172. Absconding to avoid service o f 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 fiv e 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.