BNSS Form 5: PROCLAMATION REQUIRING THE APPEARANCE OF A PERSON ACCUSED
(See section 84) WHEREAS a complaint has been made before me that................................................... (name, description and address) has committed (or is suspected to have committed) the offence of .............................................. , punishable under section.............................................. of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and it has been returned to a warrant of arrest thereupon issued that the said.............................................. (name) cannot be found, and whereas it has been shown to my satisfaction that the said.............................................. (name) has absconded (or is concealing himself to avoid the service of the said warranty); Proclamation is hereby made that the said.............................................. of.............................................. is required to appear at.............................................. (place) before this Court (or before me) to answer the said complaint on the.............................................. day of.............................................. ¶
Dated, this.............................................. day of.............................................. , 20 ............... . ¶
(Seal of the Court) (Signature) ¶
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Ministry of Home Affairs: Gazette of India, Act 46 of 2023 · 25 December 2023 Gazette, Second Schedule · Source checked: 2026-10-02