BNSS 137 — Discharge of person informed against.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

If, on an inquiry under section 135, it is not proved that
it is necessary for keeping the peace or maintaining good behaviour, as the case may be, that the person in
respect  of  whom  the  inquiry  is  made,  should  execute  a  bond,  the  Magistrate  shall  make  an  entry  on  the
record to that effect, and if such person is in custody only for the purposes of the inquiry, shall release him,
or, if such person is not in custody, shall discharge him.

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