Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
335.Person acquitted on such ground to be detained in safe custody.-
(1) Whenever the finding states that the
accused person committed the act alleged, the Magistrate or Court before whom
or which the trial has been held, shall, if such act would, but for the incapacity
found, have constituted an offence,-
(a) order such person to be detained in safe custody in such place and manner
as the Magistrate or Court thinks fit; or
(b) order such person to be delivered to any relative or friend of such person.
(2) No order for the detention of the accused in a lunatic asylum shall be made
under clause (a) of sub-section (1) otherwise than in accordance with such
rules as the State Government may have made under the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912
(4 of 1912).
(3) No order for the delivery of the accused to a relative or friend shall be
made under clause (b) of sub-section (1), except upon the application of such
relative or friend and on his giving security to the satisfaction of the
Magistrate or Court that the person delivered shall-
(a) be properly taken care of and prevented from doing injury to himself or to
any other person;
(b) be produced for the inspection of such officer, and at such times and
places, as the State Government may direct.
(4) The Magistrate or Court shall report to
the State Government the action taken under sub-section (1).