§444 — Discharge of sureties

State amendments

This section has been amended in its application to West Bengal. The text above is the central provision and is what applies everywhere else — these amendments are law only in the State that made them.

• West Bengal[Vide West Bengal Act 24 of 2003, s. 3.]Read →Hide

  West Bengal In section 444 of the Principal Act, — (1) in sub-section (1) after the words “at any time”, the words, “on showing sufficient cause,” shall be inserted; (2) after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted: — “(1A) On such application being made, the Magistrate may either hold an inquiry himself, or cause an inquiry to be made by a Magistrate subordinate to him, on the correctness of the reason shown, in the application to discharge the bond as stated in sub-section (1)”; (3) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted: — “(2) If the Magistrate is satisfied, on enquiry made under sub-section (1A), that all or any of the sureties applying for discharge may be discharged, he shall issue warrant of arrest directing that the person so released be brought before him.”

Reproduced from the same official PDF as the section above, as the amending Act words it — not a consolidated State version of the section. Check the source before relying on it.