CrPC Section 446A: Cancellation of bond and bail bond
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 33: Provisions as - bail and bonds
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
¶ 446A. Cancellation of bond and bail bond.- Without prejudice to the provisions of section 446, where a bond under this Code is for appearance of a person in a case and it is forfeited for breach of a condition-
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(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 provision of this Code 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
Now BNSS 492 (corresponding section). CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p24
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Other sections in this chapter
- 436. In what cases bail to be taken
- 436A. Maximum period for which an under trial prisoner can be detained
- 437. When bail may be taken in case of non-bailable offence
- 437A. Bail to require accused to appear before next appellate Court
- 438. Direction for grant of bail to person apprehending arrest
- 439. Special powers of High Court or Court of Session regarding bail
- 440. Amount of bond and reduction thereof
- 441. Bond of accused and sureties
- 441A. Declaration by sureties
- 442. Discharge from custody
- 443. Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficient
- 444. Discharge of sureties
- 445. Deposit instead of recognizance
- 446. Procedure when bond has been forfeited
- 447. Procedure in case of insolvency or death of surety or when a bond is forfeited
- 448. Bond required from minor
- 449. Appeal from orders under section 446
- 450. Power to direct levy of amount due on certain recognizances