Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter VII · Security for Keeping the Peace and
80. Power to release person imprisoned for failing to give security
Feedback & supportWhen a Court is of opinion that any person imprisoned for failing to give security under this Chapter may be released without hazard to
Court
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“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;
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the community or to any other person the Court may order that person to be discharged:
Provided that the Court of a Magistrate shall not exercise this power except in cases where the imprisonment is under its own order.