Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter XXXV: Provisions As to Bail and Bonds
Section 488: Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficient
In plain words
If insufficient sureties were accepted by mistake, fraud or otherwise, or later become insufficient, the court can have the person arrested and brought before it, order them to find sufficient sureties, and jail them if they cannot.
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Official text
If, through mistake, fraud or otherwise, insufficient sureties have been accepted, or if they afterwards become insufficient, the Court may issue a warrant of arrest directing that the person released on bail be brought before it and may order him to find sufficient sureties, and, on his failing so to do, may commit him to jail.
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Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 12 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 488
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