Code of Criminal Procedure
CrPC 68 is now BNSS 70(1) and 70(2).
Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below. BNSS 70(3) is new, with no CrPC counterpart.
Modified
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. VI
s. 68(1)of section 68
Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present
(1) When a summons issued by a Court is served outside its local jurisdiction, and in any case where the officer who has served a summons is not present at the hearing of the case, an affidavit, purporting to be made before a Magistrate, that such summons has been served, and a duplicate of the summons purporting to be endorsed (in the manner provided by section 62 or section 64) by the person to whom it was delivered or tendered or with whom it was left, shall be admissible in evidence, and the statements made therein shall be deemed to be correct unless and until the contrary is proved.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. VI
s. 70(1)of section 70
Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present.
(1) When a summons issued by a Court is served outside its local jurisdiction, and in any case where the officer who has served a summons is not present at the hearing of the case, an affidavit, purporting to be made before a Magistrate, that such summons has been served, and a duplicate of the summons purporting to be endorsed (in the manner provided by section 64 or section 66) by the person to whom it was delivered or tendered or with whom it was left, shall be admissible in evidence, and the statements made therein shall be deemed to be correct unless and until the contrary is proved.
Text from India Code