Under Section 356 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, where a person declared as a proclaimed offender has absconded to evade trial and there is no immediate prospect of arresting him -

Section 356 of the BNSS is a new provision introducing trial in absentia of proclaimed offenders. It provides that when a person declared as a proclaimed offender, whether or not charged jointly, has absconded to evade trial and there is no immediate prospect of arresting him, it shall be deemed to operate as a waiver of the right of such person to be present and tried in person, and the court shall, after recording reasons in writing, in the interest of justice, proceed with the trial in the like manner and with like effect as if he were present, and pronounce the judgment.