Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
64.Service when persons summoned cannot be found.-
Where the person summoned cannot, by the
exercise of due diligence, be found, the summons may be served by leaving one
of the duplicates for him with some adult male member of his family residing
with him, and the person with whom the summons is so left shall, if so required
by the serving officer, sign a receipt therefor on the back of the other
duplicate.
Explanation.-A servant is not a member of the family within the meaning
of this section.