What are the remedies under Criminal Procedure Code, where a warrant remains unexecuted?

CS Executive · Jurisprudence, Interpretation and General Laws · PYQS · December 2022
What are the remedies under Criminal Procedure Code, where a warrant remains unexecuted?

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Where a warrant remains unexecuted, the Code of Procedure Code, 1973 provides for two remedies: Issuing a Proclamation (Section 82) Attachment and sale of property (Section 83) The Court has reason to believe 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, the Court may publish a written proclamation requiring him to appear at a specified place and at a specified time not less than 30 days from the date of publishing such proclamation. (Section 82). The Court issuing a proclamation under Section 82 may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, at any time after the issue of the proclamation, order the attachment of any property, movable or immovable, or both, belonging to the proclaimed person. (Section 83)

Topics: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973

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