(1)If any Court has reason to believe (whether after taking evidence or not) that any against whom a warrant has been issued by it has absconded or is concealing himself so that such warrant cannot be executed, such Court may publish a written requiring him to appear at a specified place and at a specified time not less than thirty days from the date of publishing such .
(2)The shall be published as follows :-(i)(a)it shall be publicly read in some conspicuous place of the town or village in which such ordinarily resides;(b)it shall be affixed to some conspicuous part of the house or homestead in which such ordinarily resides or to some conspicuous place of such town or village;(c)a copy thereof shall be affixed to some conspicuous part of the court-house;(ii)the Court may also, if it thinks fit, direct a copy of the to be published in a daily newspaper circulating in the place in which such ordinarily resides.
(3)A statement in writing by the Court issuing the to the effect that the was duly published on a specified day, in the manner specified in clause (i) of sub-section (2), shall be conclusive evidence that the requirements of this Section have been complied with, and that the was published on such day.
(4)[ Where a published under sub-section (1) is in respect of a accused of an offence punishable under Sections 302, 304, 364, 367, 382, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 402, 436, 449, 459, or 460 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), and such fails to appear at the specified place and time required by the , the Court may, after making such inquiry as it thinks fit, pronounce him a proclaimed offender and make a declaration to that effect.
(5)The provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3) shall apply to a declaration made by the Court under sub-section (4) as they apply to the published under sub-section (1).] [Inserted by Act 25 of 2005, Section 12 (w.e.f. 23-6-2006).]
