Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
339.Delivery of lunatic to care of relative or friend.-
(1) Whenever any relative or friend of any
person detained under the provisions of section 330 or section 335 desires that
he shall be delivered to his care and custody, the State Government may, upon
the application of such relative or friend and on his giving security to the
satisfaction of such State Government, 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;
(c) in the case of a person detained under sub-section (2) of section 330, be
produced when required before such Magistrate or Court, order such person to be
delivered to such relative or friend.
(2) If the person so delivered is accused of any offence, the trial of which
has been postponed by reason of his being of unsound mind and incapable of
making his defense, and the inspecting officer referred to in clause (b) of
sub-section (1), certifies at anytime to the Magistrate or Court that such
person is capable of making his defense, such Magistrate or Court shall call
upon the relative or friend to whom such accused was delivered to produce him
before the Magistrate or Court; and, upon such production the Magistrate or
Court shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of section 332, and the
certificate of the inspecting officer shall be receivable as evidence.