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Section 189 - The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
189. Release of accused when evidence deficient.
If, upon an investigation under this Chapter, it appears to the officer in charge of the police station that there is not sufficient evidence or reasonable ground of suspicion to justify the forwarding of the accused to a Magistrate, such officer shall, if such person is in custody, release him on his executing a bond or bail bond, as such officer may direct, to appear, if and when so required, before a Magistrate empowered to take cognizance of the offence on a police report, and to try the accused or commit him for trial.
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- Section 85: Attachment of property of person absconding
- Section 529: Duty of High Court to exercise continuous superintendence over Courts
- Section 490: Deposit instead of recognizance
- Section 229: Special summons in cases of petty offence
- Section 113: Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for investigation in India
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