IPC Section 174A — Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 82 of Act 2 of 1974

Summary

If a person does not appear at the time and place mentioned in a court-issued public notice under section 82 of the Criminal Procedure Code, they can be punished with up to three years in jail, a fine, or both. If the court has already declared that person a proclaimed offender under that same section, the punishment increases to up to seven years in jail, and a fine must also be imposed.

Official Text

Whoever fails to appear at the specified place and the specified time as required by a proclamation published under sub‑section (1) of section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both, and where a declaration has been made under sub‑section (4) of that section pronouncing him as a proclaimed offender, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine.

Related Judgments

• SC (2024) Vol.3 p.421 — Supreme Court of India (2024)
• SC (2025) Vol.1 p.117 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
• SUNIL TYAGI v. GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR — High Court of Delhi (2021)
• ... Petitioners vs M/s. Dinesh Exports, — Madras High Court (2017)
• .. Petitioner vs State Rep. by — Madras High Court (2018)
• CRL RC/575/2007 — Madras High Court (2007)
• ... Petitioner vs M/s.Narendra Properties Ltd., — Madras High Court (2018)
• ... Petitioners vs 1. State rep. by — Madras High Court (2017)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §209 — Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 84 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023