BNS 207 — Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

207. Whoever in any manner intentionally prevents the serving on
himself,  or  on  any  other  person,  of any  summons,  notice  or  order
proceeding  from  any  public  servant  legally  competent,  as  such  public
servant, to issue such summons, notice or order, or intentionally prevents
the lawful affixing to any place of any such summons, notice or order or
intentionally removes any such summons, notice or order from any place
to which it is lawfully affixed or intentionally prevents the lawful making of
any  proclamation,  under  the  authority  of  any  public  servant  legally
competent,  as  such  public  servant,  to  direct  such  proclamation  to  be
made,–
(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 the summons, notice, order or proclamation is to attend in
person  or  by  agent,  or  to  produce  a  document  or  electronic  record  in  a
Court,  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.
Non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant.

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