BNSS 73 — Power to direct security to be taken.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(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.

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