BNSS Section 136: Order to give security

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 9: Security for Keeping the Peace and for Good Behaviour

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136. If, upon such inquiry, it is proved that it is necessary for keeping the peace or maintaining good behaviour, as the case may be, that the person in respect of whom the inquiry is made should execute a bond or bail bond, the Magistrate shall make an order accordingly:
Provided that—
(a) no person shall be ordered to give security of a nature different from, or of an amount larger than, or for a period longer than, that specified in the order made under section 130;

(b) the amount of every bond or bail bond shall be fixed with due regard to the circumstances of the case and shall not be excessive;

(c) when the person in respect of whom the inquiry is made is a child, the bond shall be executed only by his sureties.

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