Indian Post Office Act, 1898
50. Penalty for voluntary withdrawal from duty, without
permission or notice, of person employed to carry or deliver mail bags or
postal articles
Whoever, being
employed to carry or deliver any mail bag or any postal article in course of
transmission by post, voluntarily withdraws from the duties of his office
without permission or without having given one month's previous notice in
writing, shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to one month,
or with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, or with both.