Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 489
Discharge of sureties
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BNSS Section 489 deals with discharge of sureties and replaces CrPC 444.
Bare act text — BNSS 489
489. Discharge of sureties.
(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.
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What was BNSS Section 489 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 489 (Discharge of sureties) replaces Section 444 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 444 is now BNSS 489.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 484 — Amount of bond and reduction thereof
- BNSS 485 — Bond of accused and sureties
- BNSS 486 — Declaration by sureties
- BNSS 487 — Discharge from custody
- BNSS 488 — Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficient
- BNSS 490 — Deposit instead of recognizance
- BNSS 491 — Procedure when bond has been forfeited
- BNSS 492 — Cancellation of bond and bail bond
- BNSS 493 — Procedure in case of insolvency or death of surety or when a bond is forfeited
- BNSS 494 — Bond required from child