Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 487

BNSS 487: earlier CrPC 442

Section 487 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 442 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 487 deals with discharge from custody. The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 487 was CrPC 442.

Discharge from custody. · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below.

Modified
98% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXXIII
s. 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.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXXV
s. 487
Discharge from custody.
(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.
(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.
Text from India Code

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