Where the serving officer delivers or tenders a copy of the summons to the defendant personally or to…

Under Order V rules 16 and 18 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the serving officer delivers or tenders a copy of the summons to the defendant or his agent, obtains his signature acknowledging service on the original, and returns the original, with an endorsement of service, to the court that issued it. So "the copy of the summons will be delivered to the defendant, and the original summons with the defendant's signature will be returned to the court"; the original does not go to the plaintiff.