488. If, through mistake, fraud or otherwise, insufficient sureties have been accepted, or if they afterwards become insufficient, the Court may issue a warrant of arrest directing that the person released on bail be brought before it and may order him to find sufficient sureties, and, on his failing so to do, may commit him to jail.
CrPC Section 443 in BNSS: Section 488
Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficient
Section 443 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficient) corresponds to Section 488 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
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