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Q1 · easy · BNS S.206
Under Section 206(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, what is the maximum term of simple imprisonment for absconding to avoid being served with a summons, notice or order (general case)?
- A.One week
- B.One month✓ correct
- C.Six months
- D.One year
Why: Section 206(a) provides that whoever absconds to avoid being served with such summons/notice/order shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month (or with fine up to ₹5,000, or both). Thus the maximum imprisonment in the general case is one month.
Read Section 206 — Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding →Q2 · easy · BNS S.206
Under Section 206(b), where the summons or notice is to attend in person or to produce a document or electronic record in a Court, what is the maximum fine that may be imposed?
- A.Five thousand rupees
- B.No fine
- C.Ten thousand rupees✓ correct
- D.Twenty thousand rupees
Why: Section 206(b) specifies a higher penalty when the summons/notice/order is to attend in person or to produce a document or electronic record in a Court, with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees (and simple imprisonment up to six months). Therefore the maximum fine under (b) is ₹10,000.
Read Section 206 — Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding →Q3 · medium · BNS S.206
Section 206 applies when a person absconds to avoid being served a summons, notice or order issued by which of the following?
- A.A public servant legally competent, as such public servant, to issue such summons/notice/order✓ correct
- B.Any public servant regardless of legal competence
- C.Only judicial officers
- D.Only police officers
Why: The provision applies to summons/notices/orders proceeding "from any public servant legally competent, as such public servant, to issue such summons, notice or order." Thus it requires that the public servant be legally competent to issue the process, not merely any public servant.
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If a person absconds to avoid being served with a summons to produce an electronic record in a Court, what is the maximum term of simple imprisonment under Section 206?
- A.One month
- B.Three months
- C.One year
- D.Six months✓ correct
Why: Section 206(b) states that where the summons/notice/order is to attend in person or by agent, or to produce a document or an electronic record in a Court, the offender shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months (or fine up to ₹10,000, or both). Hence the maximum imprisonment is six months.
Read Section 206 — Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding →Q5 · hard · BNS S.206
Does Section 206(b) require that both attendance and production of documents must be 'in a Court' for the enhanced punishment to apply?
- A.Yes — both attendance and production must be in a Court
- B.No — it applies to any summons to attend in person or by agent, or to produce a document or electronic record in a Court✓ correct
- C.It applies only to production of documents/electronic records in a Court
- D.It applies only when the summons is issued by a judicial officer and concerns attendance or document production
Why: The wording of Section 206(b) distinguishes the two limbs: it applies where the summons/notice/order is to "attend in person or by agent," or to "produce a document or an electronic record in a Court." Thus the enhanced punishment applies for any summons to attend in person or by agent, and separately for production of documents/electronic records in a Court; attendance need not itself be "in a Court."
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