CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
71. Power to direct security to be taken
73. Power to direct security to be taken
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
71. Power to direct security to be taken.—(1) Any Court issuing a warrant for the arrest of any person may
in its discretion direct by endorsement on the warrant that, if such person executes a bond with sufficient sureties
for his attendance before the Court at a specified time and thereafter until otherwise directed by the Court, the
officer to whom the warrant is directed shall take such security and shall release such person from custody.
(2) The endorsement shall state—
(a) the number of sureties;
(b) the amount in which they and the person for whose arrest the warrant is issued, are to be respectively
bound;
(c) the time at which he is to attend before the Court.
(3) Whenever security is taken under this section, the officer to whom the warrant is directed shall forward the
bond to the Court.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
73. Power to direct security to be taken.—(1) Any Court issuing a warrant for the arrest of any person
may in its discretion direct by endorsement on the warrant that, if such person executes a bail bond with
sufficient sureties for his attendance before the Court at a specified time and thereafter until otherwise
directed by the Court, the officer to whom the warrant is directed shall take such security and shall release
such person from custody.
(2) The endorsement shall state—
(a) the number of sureties;
(b) the amount in which they and the person for whose arrest the warrant is issued, are to be
respectively bound;
(c) the time at which he is to attend before the Court.
(3) Whenever security is taken under this section, the officer to whom the warrant is directed shall
forward the bond to the Court.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023