Section 209 punishes whoever fails to appear at the specified place and time as required by a proclamation published under Section 84(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with imprisonment of up to three years, or fine, or both, or community service; and where a declaration has been made under Section 84(4) of that Sanhita pronouncing them a proclaimed offender, with imprisonment of up to seven years and fine.
Verified against the National Crime Records Bureau's official BNS–IPC concordance (Sankalan Portal), which maps Section 209 to old IPC Section 174A. On attempting to cross-check this against the bare text of the old law, the edition of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 consulted for this book was found to contain no text at all for Section 174A — the text of the edition jumps directly from the end of Section 174 (including its statutory Illustrations) straight to Section 175's heading, with nothing in between. This is therefore flagged as a sourcing gap rather than assigned a comparison category.
| BNS section | IPC, 1860 equivalent | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 209 | 174A | Sourcing gap — see below |
Sourcing gap: No comparison to the old law's text can be drawn for this section until the actual text of old IPC Section 174A is supplied and verified. This does not affect the accuracy of the Statutory Text (Verbatim) block below, which is drawn directly and independently from the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 itself.
Whoever fails to appear at the specified place and the specified time as required by a proclamation published under sub-section (1) of section 84 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both, or with community service, 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.
Source: Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023), as published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary.
Whoever fails to appear at the specified place and time as required by a proclamation published under Section 84(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, commits this offence, carrying the base punishment of imprisonment up to three years, or fine, or both, or community service. Where, in addition, a declaration has been made under Section 84(4) of that Sanhita pronouncing the person a proclaimed offender, the enhanced punishment of imprisonment up to seven years and mandatory fine applies instead.
A formal declaration made under Section 84(4) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 pronouncing the person a proclaimed offender, in addition to their failure to appear.
Imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or fine, or both, or community service.
The edition of the old Indian Penal Code, 1860 consulted for this book does not contain any text for Section 174A, the provision the official concordance maps this section to. This has been flagged as a sourcing gap pending the actual text of that provision.