Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter V · Processes to Compel Appearance
39. Court may direct by indorsement on warrant security to be taken
Feedback & supportAny Court issuing a warrant for the arrest of any person may, in its discretion, direct by indorsement or footnote on the warrant that if that person execute a 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 that person from custody.
Court
“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;
The indorsement or footnote shall state―
the number of sureties;
the amount in which they and the person for whose arrest the warrant is issued are to be respectively bound; and
the time at which he is to attend before the Court.
Whenever security is taken under this section the officer to whom the warrant is directed shall forward the bond to the Court.