Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XL · Provisions as to Bonds
404. Procedure on forfeiture of bond
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it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court by which a bond under this Code has been taken; or
when the bond is for appearance before a Court, it is proved to the satisfaction of that Court, that the bond has been forfeited the Court shall record the grounds of such proof and may call upon any person bound by the bond to pay the penalty thereof or to show cause why it should not be paid.
If sufficient cause is not shown and the penalty is not paid the
Court may proceed to recover the same by issuing a warrant for the attachment and sale of property belonging to that person.
Court
“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;
The warrant may be executed within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court which issued it, and it shall authorize the distress and sale of any property belonging to that person without such limits when indorsed by a Magistrate within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the property is found.
If the penalty is not paid, and cannot be recovered by the attachment and sale, the person so bound shall be liable, by order of the Court which issued the warrant, to imprisonment in the civil prison for a term which may extend to six months.
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The Court may, at its discretion, remit any portion of the penalty mentioned, and enforce payment in part only.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the penalty, or any portion of it, of any bond under this Code being recovered under the provisions of the law relating to civil procedure in force for the time being.