Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
71.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 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 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.