CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973

Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present (1) When a summons issued by a Court is served outside its local jurisdiction, and in any case where the officer who has served a summons is not present at the hearing of the case, an affidavit, purporting to be made before a […]

Service of summons outside local limits When a Court desires that a summons issued by it shall be served at any place outside its local jurisdiction, it shall ordinarily send such summons in duplicate to a Magistrate within whose local jurisdiction the person summoned resides, or is, to be there served.

Service on Government servant 1) Where the person summoned is in the active service of the Govern- ment, the Court issuing the summons shall ordinarily send it in duplicate to the head of the office in which such person is employed; and such head shall thereupon cause the summons to be served in the manner

Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided If service cannot by the exercise of due diligence be effected as provided in section 62, section 63 or section 64, the serving officer shall affix one of the duplicates of the summons to some conspicuous part of the house or homestead in which the person

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,

Service of summons on corporate bodies and societies Service of a summons on a corporation may be effected by serving it on the secretary, local manager or other principal officer of the corporation, or by letter sent by registered post, addressed to the chief officer of the corporation in India, in which case the service

Summons how served (1) Every summons shall be served by a police officer, or subject to such rules as the State Government may make in this behalf, by an officer of the Court issuing it or other public servant. (2) The summons shall, if practicable, be served personally on the person summoned, by delivering or

Form of summons Every summons issued by a Court under this Code shall be in writing, in duplicate, signed by the presiding officer of such Court or by such other officer as the High Court may, from time to time, by rule direct, and shall bear the seal of the Court.

Arrest to be made strictly according to the Code No arrest shall be made except in accordance with the provisions of this Code or any other law for the time being in force providing for arrest.]

Power, on escape, to pursue and retake (1) If a person in lawful custody escapes or is rescued, the person from whose custody he escaped or was rescued may immediately pursue and arrest him in any place in India. (2) The provisions of section 47 shall apply to arrests under sub-section (1) although the person