CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
442. Discharge from custody
487. Discharge from custody
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
442. Discharge from custody.—(1) As soon as the bond has been executed, the person for whose appearance it
has been executed shall be released; and, when he is in jail, the court admitting him to bail shall issue an order of
release to the officer in charge of the jail, and such officer on receipt of the orders shall release him.
(2) Nothing in this section, section 436 or section 437, shall be deemed to require the release of any person
liable to be detained for some matter other than that in respect of which the bond was executed.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
487. Discharge from custody.—(1) As soon as the bond or bail bond has been executed, the person
for whose appearance it has been executed shall be released; and, when he is in jail, the court admitting him
to bail shall issue an order of release to the officer in charge of the jail, and such officer on receipt of the
orders shall release him.
(2) Nothing in this section, section 478 or section 480, shall be deemed to require the release of any
person liable to be detained for some matter other than that in respect of which the bond or bail bond was
executed.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023