Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter XXXIII: Provisions As to Bail and Bonds
Section 443: Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficient
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to offences and proceedings from before that date.
In plain words
If insufficient sureties were accepted by mistake or fraud, or later become insufficient, the court can have the person arrested and order them to find sufficient sureties, failing which they can be jailed.
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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 (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. 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 443
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