law: Indian Post Office Act, 1898 
  50. Penalty for voluntary withdrawal from duty, without
  
  permission or notice, of person employed to carry or deliver mail bags or
  
  postal articles
  Whoever, being
  
  employed to carry or deliver any mail bag or any postal article in course of
  
  transmission by post, voluntarily withdraws from the duties of his office
  
  without permission or without having given one month's previous notice in
  
  writing, shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to one month,
  
  or with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, or with both.