CrPC Section 444 — Discharge of sureties

CHAPTER XXXIII PROVISIONS AS TO BAIL AND BONDS

General

Official Text

(1) All or any sureties for the attendance and appearance of a person released on bail may at any time apply to a Magistrate to discharge the bond, either wholly or so far as relates to the applicants.

(2) On such application being made, the Magistrate shall issue his warrant of arrest directing that the person so released be brought before him.

(3) On the appearance of such person pursuant to the warrant, or on his voluntary surrender, the Magistrate shall direct the bond to be discharged either wholly or so far as relates to the applicants, and shall call upon such person to find other sufficient sureties, and, if he fails to do so, may commit him to jail.

Related Judgments

  • RAGHUBIR SINGH & OTHERS ETC. vs STATE OF BIHAR — Supreme Court of India (1986)
  • MOHAMMED KUNJU AND ANR. vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA — Supreme Court of India (1999)
  • Sandesh Ramchandra Nage vs The State of Maharashtra — Bombay High Court (Mumbai Principal Seat) (2019)
  • ASLAM BABALAL DESAI vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA — Supreme Court of India (1992)

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