84. Proclamation for person absconding.
(1) If any Court has reason to believe (whether after taking evidence or not) that any person 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 proclamation requiring him to appear at a specified place and at a specified time not less than thirty days from the date of publishing such proclamation.
(2) The proclamation shall be published as follows:—
- it shall be publicly read in some conspicuous place of the town or village in which such person ordinarily resides;
- it shall be affixed to some conspicuous part of the house or homestead in which such person ordinarily resides or to some conspicuous place of such town or village;
- a copy thereof shall be affixed to some conspicuous part of the Court-house;
- it shall also be published in such electronic or digital mode or other modes as may be prescribed.
(3) A statement in writing by the Court issuing the proclamation to the effect that the proclamation 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 that sub-section have been complied with, and that the proclamation was published on such day.
(4) Where the person in respect of whom the proclamation is issued is charged with an offence punishable with imprisonment for ten years or more, death or imprisonment for life, the Court may, after making such inquiry as it deems fit and on being satisfied that such person has absconded, pronounce him a proclaimed offender and make a declaration to that effect.