BNSS Section 487 — Discharge from custody

CHAPTER XXXV PROVISIONS AS TO BAIL AND BONDS

Criminal

Summary

Once a person has signed a bail bond or surety bond, they must be released from custody. If the person is in jail, the court that granted bail must send a release order to the jail officer, who must then release the person upon receiving that order. However, this section does not require the release of anyone who is also being held for a different reason unrelated to the case for which the bail bond was given.

Official Text

(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.

Related Judgments

  • SC (2025) Vol.5 p.730 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2025) Vol.6 p.545 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2024) Vol.7 p.979 — Supreme Court of India (2024)
  • .. Petitioner/Accused No.12 vs The State of Tamilnadu, — Madras High Court ()
  • SC (2025) Vol.2 p.1588 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2025) Vol.11 p.291 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2025) Vol.1 p.1469 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2025) Vol.8 p.785 — Supreme Court of India (2025)

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