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BNSS Section 489: Discharge of sureties

Section 489 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with discharge of sureties. It replaces CrPC 444 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Text of BNSS Section 489

489. (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.

Deposit instead of recognizance.

CrPC sections replaced

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