Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XXXVIII · Bail
393. Sureties may apply to have bond discharged
Feedback & supportAll 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.
On such application being made the Magistrate shall issue his warrant of arrest directing that the person so released be brought before him.
On the appearance of the 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 that person to find other sufficient sureties and if he fails to do so may commit him to custody.
A surety may at any time arrest the person for whose attendance and appearance he is a surety and immediately bring him before a
Magistrate, who shall then discharge that surety’s bond and shall call
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on that person to find other sufficient surety, and if he fails to do so shall commit him to custody.