BNSS Section 492: Cancellation of bond and bail bond
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 35: Provisions as to Bail and Bonds
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¶492. Without prejudice to the provisions of section 491, where a bond or bail bond under this Sanhita is for appearance of a person in a case and it is forfeited for breach of a condition,—
¶(a) the bond executed by such person as well as the bond, if any, executed by one or more of his sureties in that case shall stand cancelled; and
¶(b) thereafter no such person shall be released only on his own bond in that case, if the police officer or the Court, as the case may be, for appearance before whom the bond was executed, is satisfied that there was no sufficient cause for the failure of the person bound by the bond to comply with its condition:
¶Provided that subject to any other provisions of this Sanhita he may be released in that case upon the execution of a fresh personal bond for such sum of money and bond by one or more of such sureties as the police officer or the Court, as the case may be, thinks sufficient.
Study: explanations and related material
Replaces CrPC 446A. CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03)
Official reference: Ministry of Home Affairs: Gazette text, 25 December 2023 — source link checked: 2 October 2026.Recorded edition / snapshot date: 2024-07-01.Mobile-app reference import; the recorded snapshot date is not a fresh legal-currency guarantee. The linked government text is an independent authoritative reference, not certification that this website reproduces the same edition. The source link was checked, not every provision or subsequent amendment. Check commencement notifications, savings and jurisdiction-specific variations separately.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 478. In what cases bail to be taken
- 479. Maximum period for which undertrial prisoner can be detained
- 480. When bail may be taken in case of non-bailable offence
- 481. Bail to require accused to appear before next Appellate Court
- 482. Direction for grant of bail to person apprehending arrest
- 483. Special powers of High Court or Court of Session regarding bail
- 484. Amount of bond and reduction thereof
- 485. Bond of accused and sureties
- 486. Declaration by sureties
- 487. Discharge from custody
- 488. Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficient
- 489. Discharge of sureties
- 490. Deposit instead of recognizance
- 491. Procedure when bond has been forfeited
- 493. Procedure in case of insolvency of death of surety or when a bond is forfeited
- 494. Bond required from child
- 495. Appeal from orders under section 491
- 496. Power to direct levy of amount due on certain recognizances