CrPC § 65 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 65 CrPC — Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 67 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 67 — Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
If service cannot by the exercise of due diligence be effected as provided in section 64, section 65 or section 66, the serving officer shall affix one of the duplicates of the summons to some conspicuous part of the house or homestead in which the person summoned ordinarily resides; and thereupon the Court, after making such inquiries as it thinks fit, may either declare that the summons has been duly served or order fresh service in such manner as it considers proper.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 67 in full