Indian Penal Code, 1860
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 produce a document 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.