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Section 442 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
442.Discharge 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.
Related Sections
- Section 168: Report of investigation by subordinate police officer
- Section 309: Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings
- Section 253: Conviction on plea of guilty in absence of accused in petty cases
- Section 433: Power to commute sentence
- Section 319: Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence
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