Plea In Jharkhand HC Challenging Section 64 Of CrPC As Gender Discriminatory [Read Petition]

Two students of NUSRL, Ranchi have moved the Jharkhand High Court challenging Section 64 of CrPC, on the basis of it being a gender biased provision. Section 64 states "Where the person summoned cannot, by the exercise of due diligence, be found, the summons may be served by leaving one of the duplicates for him with some adult male member of his family residing with him, and the...