LawgistThe Code of Criminal Procedure
442Discharge from custody
(1) As soon as the bond has been executed, the person for whose appearance it has been executed shall be released; and, when he is in jail, the court admitting him to bail shall issue an order of release to the officer in charge of the jail, and such officer on receipt of the orders shall release him.
(2) Nothing in this section, section 436 or section 437, shall be deemed to require the release of any person liable to be detained for some matter other than that in respect of which the bond was executed.
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PROVISIONS AS TO BAIL AND BONDS
- 436 In what cases bail to be taken
- 436A Maximum period for which an undertrial prisoner can be detained
- 437 When bail may be taken in case of non-bailable offence
- 437A Bail to require accused to appear before next appellate Court
- 438 Direction for grant of bail to person apprehending arrest
- 439 Special powers of High Court or Court of Session regarding bail
- 440 Amount of bond and reduction thereof
- 441 Bond of accused and sureties
- 441A Declaration by sureties
- 442 Discharge from custody
- 443 Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficient
- 444 Discharge of sureties
- 445 Deposit instead of recognizance
- 446 Procedure when bond has been forfeited
- 446A Cancellation of bond and bail bond
- 447 Procedure in case of insolvency of death of surety or when a bond is forfeited
- 448 Bond required from minor
- 449 Appeal from orders under section 446
- 450 Power to direct levy of amount due on certain recognizances
