Companies Act, 2013
214.
Security
for payment of costs and expenses of investigation.
Where
an investigation is ordered by the Central Government in pursuance of clause (b )
of sub-section (1 ) of section 210, or in pursuance of an order made by
the Tribunal under section 213, the Central Government may before appointing an
inspector under subsection (3 ) of section 210 or clause (b ) of
section 213, require the applicant to give such security not exceeding
twenty-five thousand rupees as may be prescribed, as it may think fit, for
payment of the costs and expenses of the investigation and such security shall
be refunded to the applicant if the investigation results in prosecution.