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Section 169 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
169. 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, with or without sureties, 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.
Related Sections
- Section 86: Appeal from order rejecting application for restoration of attached property
- Section 466: Defect or error not to make attachment unlawful
- Section 428: Period of detention undergone by the accused to be set off against the sentence of imprisonment
- Section 110: Security for good behaviour from habitual offenders
- Section 303: Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended
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- Essential Defence Services Act, 2021
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