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Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter XXXV: Provisions As To Bail And Bonds

Section 489 BNSS: Discharge of sureties

Corresponding CrPC
Section 444 CrPC

Bare Act text

(1) All 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.

(2) On such application being made, the Magistrate shall issue his warrant of arrest directing that the person so released be brought before him.

(3) On the appearance of such 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 such person to find other sufficient sureties, and, if he fails to do so, may commit him to jail.

Text as enacted in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023), in force from 1 July 2024. Source: India Code, Government of India.

In simple words

Sureties for a person on bail may apply to a Magistrate at any time to discharge the bond, wholly or as it relates to them. The Magistrate then issues a warrant for the person's arrest to be brought before him and discharges the bond, requiring fresh sureties as the section provides.

Chapter XXXV: Provisions As To Bail And Bonds

  1. 478 In what cases bail to be taken
  2. 479 Maximum period for which under-trial prisoner can be detained
  3. 480 When bail may be taken in case of non-bailable offence
  4. 481 Bail to require accused to appear before next Appellate Court
  5. 482 Direction for grant of bail to person apprehending arrest
  6. 483 Special powers of High Court or Court of Session regarding bail
  7. 484 Amount of bond and reduction thereof
  8. 485 Bond of accused and sureties
  9. 486 Declaration by sureties
  10. 487 Discharge from custody
  11. 488 Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficient
  12. 489 Discharge of sureties
  13. 490 Deposit instead of recognizance
  14. 491 Procedure when bond has been forfeited
  15. 492 Cancellation of bond and bail bond
  16. 493 Procedure in case of insolvency or death of surety or when a bond is forfeited
  17. 494 Bond required from child
  18. 495 Appeal from orders under section 491
  19. 496 Power to direct levy of amount due on certain recognizances
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