Rule 21 Order V of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Service of summons where defendant resides within jurisdiction of another Court"
A summons may sent by the Court by which it is issued, whether within or without the State, either by one of its officers or by post to any Court (not being the High Court) having jurisdiction in the place where the defendant resides.
Rule 22 Order V of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Service within presidency-towns of summons issued by Courts outside"
Where as summons issued by any Court established beyond the limits of the towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay is to be served within any such limits, it shall be sent to the Court of Small Causes within whose jurisdiction it is to be served.
Rule 23 Order V of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Duty
of Court to which summons is sent"
The Court to which a summons is sent under rule 21 or rule
22 shall, upon receipt thereof, proceed as if it had been
issued by such Court and shall then return the summons to
the Court of issue, together with the record (if any) of its
proceedings with regard thereto.
Rule 24 Order V of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Service on defendant in prison"
Where the defendant is confined in a prison, the summons shall be delivered or sent by post or otherwise to the officer in charge of the prison for service on the defendant.
Rule 25 Order V of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Service where defendant resides out of India and has no agent"
Where the defendant resides out of India and has no agent in
India empowered to accept service, the summons shall be
addressed to the defendant at the place where he is residing
and sent to him by post, if there is postal communication
between such place and the place where the Court is situate
:
Provided that where any such defendant resides in Bangladesh
or Pakistan, the summons, together with a copy thereof, may
be sent for service on the defendant, to any Court in that
country (not being the High Court) having jurisdiction in
the place where the defendant resides :
Provided further that where any such defendant is a public
officer in Bangladesh or Pakistan (not belonging to the
Bangladesh or, as the case may be, Pakistan military, naval
or air forces) or is a servant of a railway company or local
authority in that country, the summons, together with a copy
thereof, may be sent for service on the defendant, to such
officer or authority. in that country as the Central
Government may, by notification the Official Gazette,
specify in this behalf.