BNSS 489 — Discharge of sureties.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(1)  All  or  any  sureties  for  the  attendance  and  appearance  of  a  person
released  on bail may at any time  apply to a  Magistrate  to discharge  the  bond, either wholly or so  far as
relates to the applicants.
(2) On such application being made, the Magistrate shall issue his warrant of arrest directing that the
person so released be brought before him.
(3)  On  the  appearance  of  such  person  pursuant  to  the  warrant, or  on  his  voluntary  surrender,  the
Magistrate shall direct the bond to be discharged either wholly or so far as relates to the applicants, and
shall call upon such person to find other sufficient sureties, and, if he fails to do so, may commit him to jail.

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