CrPC Section 65 — Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided

Official Text

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 summoned ordinarily resides; and thereupon the Court, after making such inquiries as it thinks fit, may either declare that the summons has been duly served or order fresh service in such manner as it considers proper.

Sections referred to

• CrPC §62 — Summons how served
• CrPC §63 — Service of summons on corporate bodies and societies
• CrPC §64 — Service when persons summoned cannot be found

Related Judgments

• PARVINDER SINGH vs DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT — Supreme Court of India (2026)
• passed in WPA No. 9979 of 2022 (in the matter of Soumen Nandy – vs . – The — Calcutta High Court (Kolkata Principal Seat) (2024)
• Urjit Bipin Vora vs Sanjay Sood and Anr — Bombay High Court (Mumbai Principal Seat) (2021)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNSS §67 — Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided