CrPC § 442 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 442 CrPC — Discharge from custody
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 487 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 487 — Discharge from custody
(1) As soon as the bond or bail bond has been executed, the person for whose appearance it has been executed shall be released; and, when he is in jail, the court admitting him to bail shall issue an order of release to the officer in charge of the jail, and such officer on receipt of the orders shall release him.
(2) Nothing in this section, section 478 or section 480, shall be deemed to require the release of any person liable to be detained for some matter other than that in respect of which the bond or bail bond was executed.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 487 in full