BNSS 482 — Direction for grant of bail to person apprehending arrest.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(1) When any person has reason
to believe that he may be arrested on an accusation of having committed a non-bailable offence, he may
apply to the High Court or the Court of Session for a direction under this section; and that Court may, if it
thinks fit, direct that in the event of such arrest, he shall be released on bail.
(2) When the High Court or the Court of Session makes a direction under sub-section (1), it may include
such  conditions  in  such  directions  in  the  light  of  the  facts  of  the  particular  case,  as  it  may  think  fit,
including—
(i) a condition that the person shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as
and when required;
(ii)  a  condition  that  the  person  shall  not,  directly  or  indirectly,  make  any  inducement,  threat  or
promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such
facts to the Court or to any police officer;
(iii) a condition that the person shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court;
(iv) such other condition as may be imposed under sub-section (3) of section 480, as if the bail were
granted under that section.
(3) If such person is thereafter arrested without warrant by an officer in charge of a police station on
such  accusation,  and  is  prepared  either  at  the  time  of  arrest  or  at any  time  while  in  the  custody  of  such
officer  to  give  bail,  he  shall  be  released  on  bail;  and  if  a  Magistrate  taking  cognizance  of  such  offence

decides that a  warrant should be issued in the first instance against that person, he  shall issue a  bailable
warrant in conformity with the direction of the Court under sub-section (1).
(4) Nothing in this section shall apply to any case involving the arrest of any person on accusation of
having committed an offence under section 65 and sub-section (2) of section 70 of the Bharatiya Nyaya
Sanhita, 2023.

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