Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita — Section 487

(1) As soon as the bond or bail bond has been executed, the person for whose

487. (1) As soon as the bond or bail 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.

Discharge from custody.

(2) Nothing in this section, section 478 or section 480, 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 or bail bond was executed.

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Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficient. Discharge of sureties.

Deposit instead of recognizance.

Procedure when bond has been forfeited.

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