BNSS § 488 · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 488 BNSS — Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficient

Replaces CrPC 443 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. In force since 1 July 2024.

The text

If, through mistake, fraud or otherwise, insufficient sureties have been accepted, or if they afterwards become insufficient, the Court may issue a warrant of arrest directing that the person released on bail be brought before it and may order him to find sufficient sureties, and, on his failing so to do, may commit him to jail.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text.

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