BNSS Form 16: WARRANT OF COMMITMENT ON FAILURE TO FIND SECURITY TO KEEP THE PEACE

(See section 141) To the Officer in charge of the Jail at.............................................. WHEREAS..............................................(name and address) appeared before me in person (or by his authorised agent) on the..............................................day of.............................................. in obedience to a summons calling upon him to show cause why he should not enter into a bond for rupees..............................................with one surety (or a bond with two sureties each in rupees..............................................), that he, the said..............................................(name) would keep the peace for the period of months; and whereas an order was then made requiring the said..............................................(name) to enter into and find such security......................................... (state the security ordered when it differs from that mentioned in the summons), and he has failed to comply with the said order; This is to authorise and require you to receive the said..............................................(name) into your custody, together with this warrant, and him safely to keep in the said Jail for the said period of..............................................(term of imprisonment) unless he shall in the meantime be lawfully ordered to be released, and to return this warrant with an endorsement certifying the manner of its execution. ¶

Dated, this.............................................. day of.............................................. , 20 ........... . ¶

(Seal of the Court) (Signature) ¶