Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 73
Power to direct security to be taken
In one line
BNSS Section 73 deals with power to direct security to be taken and replaces CrPC 71.
Bare act text — BNSS 73
73. Power to direct security to be taken.
(1) Any Court issuing a warrant for the arrest of any person may in its discretion direct by endorsement on the warrant that, if such person executes a bail bond with sufficient sureties for his attendance before the Court at a specified time and thereafter until otherwise directed by the Court, the officer to whom the warrant is directed shall take such security and shall release such person from custody.
(2) The endorsement shall state— (a) the number of sureties; (b) the amount in which they and the person for whose arrest the warrant is issued, are to be respectively bound; (c) the time at which he is to attend before the Court.
(3) Whenever security is taken under this section, the officer to whom the warrant is directed shall forward the bond to the Court
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 73 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 73 (Power to direct security to be taken) replaces Section 71 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 71 is now BNSS 73.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 68 — Service on Government servant
- BNSS 69 — Service of summons outside local limits
- BNSS 70 — Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present
- BNSS 71 — Service of summons on witness
- BNSS 72 — Form of warrant of arrest and duration
- BNSS 74 — Warrants to whom directed
- BNSS 75 — Warrant may be directed to any person
- BNSS 76 — Warrant directed to police officer
- BNSS 77 — Notification of substance of warrant
- BNSS 78 — Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay