Section 10 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 applies, so far as may be, the criminal procedure…
The provisions listed in s.10 include those on security for the unexpired period of a bond and on appeals against orders rejecting sureties (formerly ss.126A and 406A of the…
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Section 10 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 applies, so far as may be, the criminal procedure provisions on sureties to bonds and sureties given under the Act. In the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, security for the unexpired period of a bond, and the appeal against an order refusing to accept or rejecting a surety, are dealt with respectively in:
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The provisions listed in s.10 include those on security for the unexpired period of a bond and on appeals against orders rejecting sureties (formerly ss.126A and 406A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898). Read under s.8 of the General Clauses Act, 1897, they now correspond to s.143 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (fresh security for the unexpired portion of the term of a cancelled bond) and s.414 (appeal to the Court of Session by a person ordered to give security, or aggrieved by an order refusing to accept or rejecting a surety under s.140). Sections 480 and 482 deal with bail in non-bailable offences and anticipatory bail, ss.163 and 164 with urgent orders in cases of nuisance or apprehended danger and disputes over land or water, and ss.337 and 338 with the bar on a second trial for the same offence and appearance by public prosecutors.